Bridgewater Town, MA 02362 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bridgewater Town, MA, ZIP 02362
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 7a (0 to 5°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 7a 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
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Bridgewater Town places 18,308 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 124 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bridgewater Town can differ from the 02362 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bridgewater Town's frost date answer different questions.