Randolph Town, MA 02027 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Randolph Town, MA, ZIP 02027
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Randolph Town 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 Randolph Town has about 8 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 Randolph Town's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Randolph Town compares
Randolph Town's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,038 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 135 of 712.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Randolph Town's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Randolph Town's dates instead of trusting one.