Bangor, ME 04969 Frost Dates
Bangor, ME: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/03, roughly 148 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bangor in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Bangor's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bangor against the rest of the dataset
Bangor's growing season runs about 148 days, ranking 35,634 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within ME, it ranks 291 of 456.
Learn more
Before leaning on 04969's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Bangor's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Bangor's dates instead of trusting one.