Bath, ME 04568 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bath, ME, ZIP 04568
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 175 frost-free days later.
Bath 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
Zone 6a around Bath has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bath compares
Bath's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 26,835 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within ME, it ranks 59 of 456.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Bath's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bath's dates instead of trusting one.