Beverly, MA 01936 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beverly, MA, ZIP 01936
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 160 frost-free days later.
Beverly sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Beverly 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 Beverly's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 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 Beverly compares
About 160 days separate Beverly's last and first frost, putting it 32,212 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 508 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Beverly's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Beverly can differ from the 01936 normal.