Spring Valley, NY 10977 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Spring Valley, NY?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.
Spring Valley 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Spring Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Spring Valley's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Spring Valley compares
At roughly 189 frost-free days, Spring Valley places 21,406 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 383 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Spring Valley can differ from the 10977 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Spring Valley's frost date answer different questions.