Unionville, NY 10988 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Unionville, NY?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 181 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 Unionville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Unionville 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
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Unionville compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Unionville places 24,675 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 599 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Unionville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Unionville's dates instead of trusting one.