Barnstable Town, MA 02643 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barnstable Town, MA?
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 206 frost-free days later.
Barnstable Town sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a 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 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Barnstable Town compares
Barnstable Town's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 15,937 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 62 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Barnstable Town's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Barnstable Town can differ from the 02643 normal.