Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tuxedo Park, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 188 frost-free days later.
Tuxedo Park sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Tuxedo Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tuxedo Park compares
About 188 days separate Tuxedo Park's last and first frost, putting it 22,146 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 436 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Tuxedo Park's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tuxedo Park can differ from the 10987 normal.