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Frozen Pipe Protection in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, local frozen pipes deadlines run from Sep 23 to Oct 29, with a median around Oct 5 — a spread of weeks that a single statewide date would miss. Find your city below; each links to local freeze odds, a live 10-day outlook, and a checklist.

Frozen outdoor pipe with a thick icicle after a hard freeze — protect plumbing before freezing nights arrive — Massachusetts deadlines city by city
Photo: Eva Bronzini / Pexels

Notable cities

All Massachusetts cities

CityLocal deadlineMedian first 28°F
PittsfieldSep 23Oct 18View →Checklist
MarlboroughSep 25Oct 18View →Checklist
SpringfieldSep 26Oct 20View →Checklist
ChicopeeSep 26Oct 20View →Checklist
WestfieldSep 26Oct 20View →Checklist
HolyokeSep 26Oct 20View →Checklist
WalthamSep 28Oct 25View →Checklist
FitchburgSep 29Oct 21View →Checklist
LowellSep 30Oct 22View →Checklist
HaverhillOct 1Oct 23View →Checklist
AttleboroOct 1Oct 28View →Checklist
LeominsterOct 1Oct 23View →Checklist
New BedfordOct 2Oct 28View →Checklist
BeverlyOct 3Nov 1View →Checklist
WoburnOct 3Oct 30View →Checklist
TauntonOct 4Nov 1View →Checklist
BrocktonOct 5Oct 31View →Checklist
LynnOct 5Oct 31View →Checklist
PeabodyOct 5Oct 31View →Checklist
SalemOct 5Oct 31View →Checklist
WorcesterOct 6Nov 1View →Checklist
QuincyOct 6Nov 2View →Checklist
Weymouth TownOct 6Nov 2View →Checklist
CambridgeOct 8Nov 3View →Checklist
NewtonOct 8Nov 3View →Checklist
LawrenceOct 13Nov 9View →Checklist
MethuenOct 13Nov 9View →Checklist
Barnstable TownOct 13Nov 9View →Checklist
Fall RiverOct 20Nov 13View →Checklist
BostonOct 29Nov 21View →Checklist
SomervilleOct 29Nov 21View →Checklist
MaldenOct 29Nov 21View →Checklist
MedfordOct 29Nov 21View →Checklist
RevereOct 29Nov 21View →Checklist
EverettOct 29Nov 21View →Checklist
ChelseaOct 29Nov 21View →Checklist
OctPittsfieldSep 23MarlboroughSep 25SpringfieldSep 26ChicopeeSep 26WestfieldSep 26HolyokeSep 26WalthamSep 28FitchburgSep 29LowellSep 30HaverhillOct 1AttleboroOct 1LeominsterOct 1New BedfordOct 2BeverlyOct 3WoburnOct 3TauntonOct 4BrocktonOct 5LynnOct 5

Local frozen pipe protection deadlines for Massachusetts cities — built from each city’s own NOAA station, not one statewide date.

Frozen Pipe Protection in Massachusetts: related searches

Massachusetts homeowners search for: pipe freeze temperature, how to keep pipes from freezing, and "frozen pipe protection near me" — every city page below answers those with local NOAA dates.

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Back to the national Frozen Pipe Protection guide, or see the methodology. You can also compare how the frozen pipe protection window shifts in Maryland and Michigan.

Data: NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals; live outlook by Open-Meteo. Last updated: July 25, 2026.