Baxter Estates, NY 11050 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Baxter Estates, NY, ZIP 11050
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 224 frost-free days later.
Baxter Estates sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Zone 7b around Baxter Estates has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Baxter Estates compares
Baxter Estates's growing season runs about 224 days, ranking 11,933 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 186 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Baxter Estates's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Baxter Estates's dates instead of trusting one.