Montgomery, NY 10915 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Montgomery, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 163 frost-free days later.
Montgomery sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6 weeks of growing season left in Montgomery before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Montgomery compares
Montgomery's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,384 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 938 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Montgomery's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Montgomery can differ from the 10915 normal.