Pelham Manor, NY 10475 Frost Dates
Pelham Manor, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 230 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Pelham Manor's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pelham Manor against the rest of the dataset
Pelham Manor's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,381 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 68 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 10475's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Pelham Manor can differ from the 10475 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Pelham Manor's frost date answer different questions.