Goshen, NY 10912 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Goshen, NY, ZIP 10912
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 182 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goshen in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Goshen 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.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Goshen compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Goshen places 24,119 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 514 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Goshen can differ from the 10912 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Goshen's frost date answer different questions.