New York, NY 11205 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New York, NY, ZIP 11205
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/30, roughly 214 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 236 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New York in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around New York has about 12 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 03/30 isn't a guarantee
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New York compares
At roughly 236 frost-free days, New York places 9,187 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 28 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around New York's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in New York can differ from the 11205 normal.