FrostDateCheck

Randolph Town, MA 02072 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Randolph Town, MA?

Zone 6b

Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 167 frost-free days later.

Randolph Town 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

About 6 weeks of growing season left in Randolph Town before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Randolph Town's last frost

04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Randolph Town compares

At roughly 167 frost-free days, Randolph Town places 29,876 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 398 of 712.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Randolph Town's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Randolph Town can differ from the 02072 normal.