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Sprinkler Winterization in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, local sprinklers deadlines run from Oct 8 to Nov 11, with a median around Oct 22 — 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.

Lawn sprinkler spraying water in low sunlight — blow out irrigation lines before the first hard freeze — Massachusetts deadlines city by city
Photo: Pexels

Notable cities

All Massachusetts cities

CityLocal deadlineMedian first 28°F
PittsfieldOct 8Oct 18View →Checklist
MarlboroughOct 8Oct 18View →Checklist
SpringfieldOct 10Oct 20View →Checklist
ChicopeeOct 10Oct 20View →Checklist
WestfieldOct 10Oct 20View →Checklist
HolyokeOct 10Oct 20View →Checklist
FitchburgOct 11Oct 21View →Checklist
LowellOct 12Oct 22View →Checklist
HaverhillOct 13Oct 23View →Checklist
LeominsterOct 13Oct 23View →Checklist
WalthamOct 15Oct 25View →Checklist
New BedfordOct 18Oct 28View →Checklist
AttleboroOct 18Oct 28View →Checklist
WoburnOct 20Oct 30View →Checklist
BrocktonOct 21Oct 31View →Checklist
LynnOct 21Oct 31View →Checklist
PeabodyOct 21Oct 31View →Checklist
SalemOct 21Oct 31View →Checklist
WorcesterOct 22Nov 1View →Checklist
TauntonOct 22Nov 1View →Checklist
BeverlyOct 22Nov 1View →Checklist
QuincyOct 23Nov 2View →Checklist
Weymouth TownOct 23Nov 2View →Checklist
CambridgeOct 24Nov 3View →Checklist
NewtonOct 24Nov 3View →Checklist
LawrenceOct 30Nov 9View →Checklist
MethuenOct 30Nov 9View →Checklist
Barnstable TownOct 30Nov 9View →Checklist
Fall RiverNov 3Nov 13View →Checklist
BostonNov 11Nov 21View →Checklist
SomervilleNov 11Nov 21View →Checklist
MaldenNov 11Nov 21View →Checklist
MedfordNov 11Nov 21View →Checklist
RevereNov 11Nov 21View →Checklist
EverettNov 11Nov 21View →Checklist
ChelseaNov 11Nov 21View →Checklist
OctNovPittsfieldOct 8MarlboroughOct 8SpringfieldOct 10ChicopeeOct 10WestfieldOct 10HolyokeOct 10FitchburgOct 11LowellOct 12HaverhillOct 13LeominsterOct 13WalthamOct 15New BedfordOct 18AttleboroOct 18WoburnOct 20BrocktonOct 21LynnOct 21PeabodyOct 21SalemOct 21

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

Sprinkler Winterization in Massachusetts: related searches

Massachusetts homeowners search for: sprinkler blowout cost, irrigation winterization, and "sprinkler winterization near me" — every city page below answers those with local NOAA dates.

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Back to the national Sprinkler Winterization guide, or see the methodology. You can also compare how the sprinkler winterization 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.