Fall River, MA 02725 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.
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 Fall River, not a forecast for this year.
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.
The actual range around Fall River's last frost
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
Fall River's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,826 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 86 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Fall River can differ from the 02725 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Fall River's frost date answer different questions.