West Haverstraw, NY 10980 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Haverstraw, 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 West Haverstraw, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in West Haverstraw before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around West Haverstraw'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 West Haverstraw compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, West Haverstraw places 16,539 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 296 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and West Haverstraw's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around West Haverstraw's dates instead of trusting one.