Saddle Rock, NY 11354 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Saddle Rock, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 244 frost-free days later.
Saddle Rock sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Saddle Rock before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Saddle Rock compares
At roughly 244 frost-free days, Saddle Rock places 8,249 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 18 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Saddle Rock's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Saddle Rock can differ from the 11354 normal.