West Springfield Town, MA 01089 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Springfield Town, MA, ZIP 01089
Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 158 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts West Springfield Town in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around West Springfield Town has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around West Springfield Town's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Springfield Town compares
At roughly 158 frost-free days, West Springfield Town places 32,908 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 574 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around West Springfield Town's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in West Springfield Town can differ from the 01089 normal.