Your nature year
Springfield, Massachusettsthrough the year
Also for Chicopee, MA, Amherst Town, MA, Westfield, MA, Holyoke, MA, Northampton, MA, West Springfield Town, MA, Agawam Town, MA, Pittsfield, MA: the same nearby places.
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Springfield?
Springfield usually sees its last spring frost around May 3 and its first fall frost around Oct 8, a frost-free stretch of about 158 days at the Westfield Barnes Municipal Airport weather station (9.4 mi). At some 171 feet up, Springfield is on low ground. Spring green-up reaches town around Apr 8, with first blooms around May 6. About 4 weeks pass between first leaf and first bloom here. We follow 16 places within 150 miles of Springfield; the nearest lies 15 miles to the north. The closest place we follow is Fort River Division, 15 miles away, for fall foliage, usually at its best Oct 11–20. Statewide, Massachusetts' fall color is usually well under way by mid-October.
Updated Sep 28. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Springfield's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~May 3 to ~Oct 8
- First leaf ~Apr 8
- First bloom ~May 6
- Fall color under way ~Oct 18 (MA)
- Today
Near Springfield right now
- Fall color is usually well under way by mid-October in MassachusettsStatewide · USA-NPN volunteer observations, 2020–2025 · not a forecast~3 weeks
- First fall frost usually around Oct 8 · last spring frost around May 3NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Westfield Barnes Municipal Airport (9.4 mi, 50% dates)~10 days
- Fall foliage · Fort River Division · 15 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
Springfield's nature year
- Spring green-upApr
- Last spring frostMay
- Fall color (MA)Oct
- First fall frostOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Fort River Division · 15 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
- McKinney Refuge · 58 miusually Oct 11–31~13 days
- Assabet River Refuge · 59 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
Snow in Springfield
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 4 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Hartford-Bradley International Airport (14.3 mi away): 52 inches of snow in an average year, about 12.5 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
May 3
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 8
About 158 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 8
First bloom around May 6
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Westfield Barnes Municipal Airport (9.4 mi from Springfield), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Springfield?
On average around Oct 8, and the last spring frost around May 3: about 158 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Westfield Barnes Municipal Airport, 9.4 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Springfield?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 8 and first bloom around May 6, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Springfield?
Fort River Division, 15 miles (usually Oct 11–20); McKinney Refuge, 58 miles (usually Oct 11–31); Assabet River Refuge, 59 miles (usually Oct 11–20). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Springfield?
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 4: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Hartford-Bradley International Airport. An average year brings 52 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, colored leaves observations (opens in a new tab) (Sep 28)