Pelham Manor, NY 10472 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pelham Manor, NY, ZIP 10472
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 230 frost-free days later.
Pelham Manor sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Pelham Manor has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pelham Manor compares
About 230 days separate Pelham Manor's last and first frost, putting it 10,379 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 66 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pelham Manor can differ from the 10472 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Pelham Manor's frost date answer different questions.