Barnstable Town, MA 02584 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barnstable Town, MA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 208 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barnstable Town in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
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.
The actual range around Barnstable Town's last frost
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
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Barnstable Town places 15,526 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 58 of 712.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02584 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Barnstable Town's frost date answer different questions.