Presque Isle, ME 04757 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Presque Isle, ME, ZIP 04757
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/14, about 259 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 131 frost-free days later.
Presque Isle sits in USDA Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 4a around Presque Isle has about 4 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.
The actual range around Presque Isle's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Presque Isle compares
Presque Isle's growing season runs about 131 days, ranking 38,258 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within ME, it ranks 415 of 456.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Presque Isle's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Presque Isle's dates instead of trusting one.