Tuckahoe, NY 10802 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tuckahoe, NY, ZIP 10802
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. 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
Zone 7b around Tuckahoe 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 Tuckahoe compares
About 189 days separate Tuckahoe's last and first frost, putting it 21,504 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 397 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Tuckahoe's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Tuckahoe's dates instead of trusting one.