Tuxedo, NY 10975 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tuxedo, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Tuxedo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Tuxedo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tuxedo's last frost
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 Tuxedo compares
About 204 days separate Tuxedo's last and first frost, putting it 16,604 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 304 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Tuxedo's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tuxedo can differ from the 10975 normal.