Taunton, MA 02764 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Taunton, MA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 179 frost-free days later.
Taunton 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 Taunton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Taunton's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taunton compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Taunton places 25,147 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 249 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Taunton can differ from the 02764 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Taunton's frost date answer different questions.