Beverly, MA 01965 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beverly, MA, ZIP 01965
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 160 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Beverly in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 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 32,216 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 512 of 712.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Beverly's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Beverly's dates instead of trusting one.