Highland Falls, NY 10928 Frost Dates
Highland Falls, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Highland Falls in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Highland Falls's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Highland Falls against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Highland Falls places 16,598 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 302 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 10928's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Highland Falls's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Highland Falls can differ from the 10928 normal.