Great Neck Estates, NY 11361 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Great Neck Estates, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Great Neck Estates 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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Great Neck Estates before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Great Neck Estates's last frost
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 Great Neck Estates compares
About 244 days separate Great Neck Estates's last and first frost, putting it 8,234 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 11 of 1,951.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Great Neck Estates can differ from the 11361 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Great Neck Estates's frost date answer different questions.