Barnstable Town, MA 02540 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barnstable Town, MA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 213 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 Barnstable Town, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Barnstable Town before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnstable Town compares
At roughly 213 frost-free days, Barnstable Town places 14,437 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 47 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Barnstable Town's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02540 normal.