Agawam Town, MA 06090 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Agawam Town, MA, ZIP 06090
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 168 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Agawam Town in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a 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.
The actual range around Agawam Town's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Agawam Town compares
About 168 days separate Agawam Town's last and first frost, putting it 29,675 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MA, it ranks 379 of 712.
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local microclimates explains what one yard in Agawam Town can differ from the 06090 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Agawam Town's frost date answer different questions.