Pawtucket, RI 02860 Frost Dates
Pawtucket, RI: when does the frost end?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pawtucket in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Pawtucket's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pawtucket against the rest of the dataset
About 199 days separate Pawtucket's last and first frost, putting it 18,005 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within RI, it ranks 41 of 79.
Learn more
Before leaning on 02860's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Pawtucket's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Pawtucket can differ from the 02860 normal.