Berlin, NH 04936 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Berlin, NH, ZIP 04936
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/24, roughly 269 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/21, about 118 frost-free days later.
Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 Berlin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 4b around Berlin has about 3 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 Berlin's last frost
05/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Berlin compares
About 118 days separate Berlin's last and first frost, putting it 39,196 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NH, it ranks 256 of 260.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Berlin can differ from the 04936 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Berlin's frost date answer different questions.