Peekskill, NY 10567 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Peekskill, NY, ZIP 10567
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 172 frost-free days later.
Peekskill 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Peekskill has about 7 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.
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 Peekskill compares
Peekskill's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,177 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 693 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Peekskill's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Peekskill's dates instead of trusting one.