Frost dates for Beverly, Massachusetts
Half of years have their last spring frost by May 4, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 17.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- May 17
- 1 year in 5
- May 12
- 3 years in 10
- May 9
- 2 years in 5
- May 6
- Half of years (the median)
- May 4
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 1
- 1 year in 5
- October 4
- 3 years in 10
- October 7
- 2 years in 5
- October 10
- Half of years (the median)
- October 12
- Growing season
- about 160 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 6b, 7a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 26 °C78 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- July to August, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~3 °C37 °F · low ~-8 °C18 °F · rain ~95 mm3.7 in
- February
- high ~4 °C39 °F · low ~-8 °C18 °F · rain ~92 mm3.6 in
- March
- high ~7 °C45 °F · low ~-4 °C25 °F · rain ~118 mm4.6 in
- April
- high ~14 °C57 °F · low ~1 °C33 °F · rain ~107 mm4.2 in
- May
- high ~19 °C66 °F · low ~6 °C44 °F · rain ~88 mm3.5 in
- June
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~12 °C54 °F · rain ~101 mm4 in
- July
- high ~27 °C80 °F · low ~16 °C60 °F · rain ~87 mm3.4 in
- August
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~15 °C58 °F · rain ~85 mm3.4 in
- September
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~11 °C51 °F · rain ~97 mm3.8 in
- October
- high ~16 °C61 °F · low ~5 °C40 °F · rain ~127 mm5 in
- November
- high ~11 °C51 °F · low ~0 °C31 °F · rain ~101 mm4 in
- December
- high ~6 °C42 °F · low ~-5 °C24 °F · rain ~122 mm4.8 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Beverly station (listed by NOAA as Beverly, USC00190593), at 42.59, -70.84. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
01915, 01929, 01930, 01938, 01944, 01966, 01982, 01984.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Lawrence, MA, last frost by April 13
- Jamaica Plain, MA, last frost by April 19
- Hingham, MA, last frost by April 25
- Epping, NH, last frost by May 7
- West Medway, MA, last frost by April 30
- Greenville 1 NNE, NH, last frost by May 10
Other stations in Massachusetts.
- Worcester Regional Airport, MA, last frost by April 23
- E Wareham, MA, last frost by April 21
- Tully Lake, MA, last frost by April 25
- Belchertown, MA, last frost by May 3
- Westfield Barnes Municipal Airport, MA, last frost by May 3
- Rowe 3 NE, MA, last frost by May 14
- Lenox Dale, MA, last frost by May 7
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