Pelham, NY 10803 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pelham, NY, ZIP 10803
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 230 frost-free days later.
Pelham 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 Pelham has about 11 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.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pelham compares
Pelham's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,367 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 59 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Pelham's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pelham's dates instead of trusting one.