Chicopee, MA 01102 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Chicopee, MA, ZIP 01102
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 158 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Chicopee, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Chicopee 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.
Why 05/03 isn't a guarantee
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 Chicopee compares
About 158 days separate Chicopee's last and first frost, putting it 32,884 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 565 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Chicopee's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Chicopee can differ from the 01102 normal.