Bridgewater Town, MA 02333 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bridgewater Town, MA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 178 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Bridgewater Town, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Bridgewater Town before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bridgewater Town's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bridgewater Town compares
Bridgewater Town's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,585 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 258 of 712.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Bridgewater Town's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bridgewater Town's dates instead of trusting one.