Greenwood Lake, NY 10925 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Greenwood Lake, NY?
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 188 frost-free days later.
Greenwood Lake 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Greenwood Lake before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Greenwood Lake's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenwood Lake compares
Greenwood Lake's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,051 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 433 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Greenwood Lake's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Greenwood Lake's dates instead of trusting one.