Valley Stream, NY 11436 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Valley Stream, 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.
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 Valley Stream, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Valley Stream before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Valley Stream compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Valley Stream places 11,140 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 106 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Valley Stream can differ from the 11436 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Valley Stream's frost date answer different questions.