New York, NY 11212 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New York, NY, ZIP 11212
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 226 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 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.
The actual range around New York's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New York compares
About 226 days separate New York's last and first frost, putting it 11,095 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 77 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and New York's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around New York's dates instead of trusting one.