Fall River, MA 02761 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fall River, MA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 167 frost-free days later.
Fall River sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 7 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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fall River compares
About 167 days separate Fall River's last and first frost, putting it 29,837 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 393 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Fall River can differ from the 02761 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Fall River's frost date answer different questions.