Barnstable Town, MA 02635 Frost Dates
Barnstable Town, MA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 180 days after the last spring frost.
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.
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.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
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 24,776 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 244 of 712.
Learn more
Before leaning on 02635'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 02635 normal.