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Pleasantville, NY 10594 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Pleasantville, NY?

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 200 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pleasantville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Pleasantville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Pleasantville's last frost

04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pleasantville compares

Pleasantville's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,754 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 329 of 1,951.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Pleasantville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pleasantville can differ from the 10594 normal.