Bellerose, NY 11433 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bellerose, NY, ZIP 11433
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 226 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bellerose 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 Bellerose 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.
The actual range around Bellerose'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 Bellerose compares
Bellerose's growing season runs about 226 days, ranking 11,239 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 129 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.