New York, NY 11233 Frost Dates
New York, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/25, roughly 244 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until New York's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around New York's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 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 244 days, ranking 8,080 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 11233's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around New York's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in New York can differ from the 11233 normal.