Methuen, MA 03087 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Methuen, MA?
Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 156 frost-free days later.
Methuen sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6 weeks of growing season left in Methuen before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Methuen's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 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 Methuen compares
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Methuen places 33,505 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MA, it ranks 605 of 712.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Methuen's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Methuen's dates instead of trusting one.