Fall River, MA 02721 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fall River, MA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 203 frost-free days later.
Fall River sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Fall River before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 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. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fall River compares
At roughly 203 frost-free days, Fall River places 16,823 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 83 of 712.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Fall River's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Fall River can differ from the 02721 normal.