Barnstable Town, MA 02564 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barnstable Town, MA, ZIP 02564
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 208 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Zone 7b around Barnstable Town has about 10 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.
Why 04/13 isn't a guarantee
04/13 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. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnstable Town compares
About 208 days separate Barnstable Town's last and first frost, putting it 15,525 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 57 of 712.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Barnstable Town's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Barnstable Town's dates instead of trusting one.