Agawam Town, MA 06026 Frost Dates
06026, near Agawam Town, MA: the frost window
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Agawam Town in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Agawam Town's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Agawam Town against the rest of the dataset
Agawam Town's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,022 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 284 of 712.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 06026: the frost range, on how to read the range around Agawam Town's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Agawam Town can differ from the 06026 normal.