North Adams, MA 01267 Frost Dates
Frost dates for North Adams, MA, ZIP 01267
Around 05/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 255 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 147 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts North Adams in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around North Adams has about 5 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 North Adams's last frost
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How North Adams compares
North Adams's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,866 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 683 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around North Adams's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in North Adams can differ from the 01267 normal.