New York, NY 11405 Frost Dates
When can you plant in New York, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 226 frost-free days later.
New York 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 11 weeks of growing season left in New York before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around New York's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New York compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, New York places 11,107 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 89 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around New York's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in New York can differ from the 11405 normal.