Barnstable Town, MA 02649 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Barnstable Town, MA, ZIP 02649
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 180 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 8 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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 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 180 days, ranking 24,779 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 247 of 712.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Barnstable Town's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Barnstable Town's dates instead of trusting one.