Agawam Town, MA 06029 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Agawam Town, MA, ZIP 06029
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 177 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Agawam Town, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Agawam Town has about 7 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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Agawam Town compares
Agawam Town's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,023 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MA, it ranks 285 of 712.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Agawam Town can differ from the 06029 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Agawam Town's frost date answer different questions.