Buchanan, NY 10511 Frost Dates
Buchanan, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
Buchanan sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7 weeks until Buchanan's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buchanan against the rest of the dataset
About 172 days separate Buchanan's last and first frost, putting it 28,336 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 715 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 10511's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Buchanan can differ from the 10511 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Buchanan's frost date answer different questions.