Great Neck Estates, NY 11363 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Great Neck Estates, NY, ZIP 11363
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 230 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
Zone 7b around Great Neck Estates has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Great Neck Estates compares
Great Neck Estates's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,411 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 70 of 1,951.
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local microclimates explains what one yard in Great Neck Estates can differ from the 11363 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Great Neck Estates's frost date answer different questions.