Augusta, ME 04354 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Augusta, ME?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 159 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Augusta, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Augusta before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Augusta's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Augusta compares
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Augusta places 32,594 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ME, it ranks 156 of 456.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Augusta's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Augusta's dates instead of trusting one.