Braintree Town, MA 02184 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Braintree Town, MA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/25, roughly 240 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 177 frost-free days later.
Braintree 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Braintree Town before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Braintree Town compares
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Braintree Town places 26,014 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 281 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Braintree Town can differ from the 02184 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Braintree Town's frost date answer different questions.