Irvington, NY 10503 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Irvington, NY, ZIP 10503
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Irvington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Irvington has about 8 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.
The actual range around Irvington's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Irvington compares
Irvington's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,523 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 399 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Irvington can differ from the 10503 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Irvington's frost date answer different questions.