Barnstable Town, MA 02561 Frost Dates
Barnstable Town, MA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 180 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Barnstable Town's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barnstable Town against the rest of the dataset
Barnstable Town's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 24,773 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 241 of 712.
Learn more
Before leaning on 02561's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Barnstable Town's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02561 normal.