Barnstable Town, MA 02568 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barnstable Town, MA, ZIP 02568
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 156 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barnstable Town in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Barnstable Town has about 6 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
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnstable Town compares
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Barnstable Town places 33,507 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 607 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02568 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Barnstable Town's frost date answer different questions.