Auburn, ME 04292 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Auburn, ME?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 148 frost-free days later.
Auburn sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5 weeks of growing season left in Auburn before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Auburn's last frost
05/06 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. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Auburn compares
At roughly 148 frost-free days, Auburn places 35,654 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ME, it ranks 308 of 456.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Auburn can differ from the 04292 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Auburn's frost date answer different questions.