Old Town, ME 04411 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Old Town, ME, ZIP 04411
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 157 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Old Town in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Old Town 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.
Why 05/01 isn't a guarantee
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 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 Old Town compares
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Old Town places 33,294 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ME, it ranks 192 of 456.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Old Town's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Old Town's dates instead of trusting one.