Valley Stream, NY 11413 Frost Dates
Valley Stream, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 226 days after the last spring frost.
Valley Stream 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Valley Stream's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Valley Stream against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Valley Stream places 11,137 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 103 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 11413's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Valley Stream can differ from the 11413 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Valley Stream's frost date answer different questions.