Pomona, NY 10970 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pomona, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 204 frost-free days later.
Pomona sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Pomona 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
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pomona compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Pomona places 16,591 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 298 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Pomona's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Pomona's dates instead of trusting one.