Brewster, NY 10541 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brewster, NY?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 172 frost-free days later.
Brewster 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Brewster before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brewster compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Brewster places 28,322 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 710 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Brewster's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Brewster can differ from the 10541 normal.