Warwick, NY 10990 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Warwick, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 164 frost-free days later.
Warwick 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 6 weeks of growing season left in Warwick before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Warwick's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Warwick compares
About 164 days separate Warwick's last and first frost, putting it 30,903 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 900 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Warwick's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Warwick can differ from the 10990 normal.