New York, NY 11218 Frost Dates
When can you plant in New York, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 236 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 New York, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in New York before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around New York's last frost
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
About 236 days separate New York's last and first frost, putting it 9,194 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 35 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around New York's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in New York can differ from the 11218 normal.