Greenwood Lake, NY 07421 Frost Dates
Greenwood Lake, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
Greenwood Lake sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Greenwood Lake's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Greenwood Lake against the rest of the dataset
Greenwood Lake's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,050 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 432 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07421's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Greenwood Lake's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenwood Lake can differ from the 07421 normal.