Bridgewater Town, MA 02348 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bridgewater Town, MA, ZIP 02348
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 198 frost-free days later.
Bridgewater 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
Zone 6b around Bridgewater Town has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 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 198 days, ranking 18,304 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 120 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bridgewater Town can differ from the 02348 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Bridgewater Town's frost date answer different questions.