Barnstable Town, MA 02557 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barnstable Town, MA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 199 frost-free days later.
Barnstable 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
About 10 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 04/17 isn't a guarantee
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnstable Town compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Barnstable Town places 18,016 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 92 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02557 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Barnstable Town's frost date answer different questions.