Pawtucket, RI 02771 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pawtucket, RI, ZIP 02771
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 199 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 Pawtucket, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Pawtucket has about 9 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
04/11 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. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pawtucket compares
About 199 days separate Pawtucket's last and first frost, putting it 18,004 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within RI, it ranks 40 of 79.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pawtucket's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pawtucket can differ from the 02771 normal.