Bellerose, NY 11415 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bellerose, NY, ZIP 11415
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 244 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Bellerose, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Bellerose has about 13 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
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 Bellerose compares
Bellerose's growing season runs about 244 days, ranking 8,246 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 16 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Bellerose's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bellerose's dates instead of trusting one.