Winthrop Town, MA 02211 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Winthrop Town, MA?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 218 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Winthrop Town, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Winthrop Town before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Winthrop Town's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Winthrop Town compares
About 218 days separate Winthrop Town's last and first frost, putting it 13,221 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 38 of 712.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Winthrop Town's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Winthrop Town's dates instead of trusting one.