New York, NY 11228 Frost Dates
New York, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until New York's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New York against the rest of the dataset
New York's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,172 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 192 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 11228's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in New York can differ from the 11228 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and New York's frost date answer different questions.