Tuckahoe, NY 10710 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tuckahoe, NY?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.
Tuckahoe sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Tuckahoe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tuckahoe's last frost
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 Tuckahoe compares
Tuckahoe's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,503 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 396 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Tuckahoe's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tuckahoe can differ from the 10710 normal.