Barnstable Town, MA 02634 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barnstable Town, MA, ZIP 02634
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 188 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Barnstable Town has about 9 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
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnstable Town compares
About 188 days separate Barnstable Town's last and first frost, putting it 21,836 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 146 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Barnstable Town's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02634 normal.