Taunton, MA 02779 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Taunton, MA, ZIP 02779
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 158 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
Zone 6b around Taunton has about 6 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.
The actual range around Taunton's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taunton compares
At roughly 158 frost-free days, Taunton places 32,875 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 556 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Taunton can differ from the 02779 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Taunton's frost date answer different questions.