Peekskill, NY 10547 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Peekskill, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Peekskill in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Peekskill before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Peekskill's last frost
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 Peekskill compares
About 172 days separate Peekskill's last and first frost, putting it 28,175 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 691 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Peekskill's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Peekskill can differ from the 10547 normal.