Peabody, MA 01960 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Peabody, MA, ZIP 01960
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 177 frost-free days later.
Peabody 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 Peabody has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Peabody compares
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Peabody places 25,996 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 278 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Peabody can differ from the 01960 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Peabody's frost date answer different questions.