Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, ZIP 10706
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.
Hastings-on-Hudson 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 Hastings-on-Hudson has about 8 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
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hastings-on-Hudson compares
At roughly 189 frost-free days, Hastings-on-Hudson places 21,491 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 391 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hastings-on-Hudson can differ from the 10706 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Hastings-on-Hudson's frost date answer different questions.