White Plains, NY 10601 Frost Dates
Frost dates for White Plains, NY, ZIP 10601
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 200 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for White Plains, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around White Plains has about 9 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
04/12 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 White Plains compares
At roughly 200 frost-free days, White Plains places 17,710 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 313 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in White Plains can differ from the 10601 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and White Plains's frost date answer different questions.