FrostDateCheck

Freeport, NY 11510 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Freeport, NY?

Zone 7b

Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 212 frost-free days later.

Freeport 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Freeport before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Freeport's last frost

04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Freeport compares

At roughly 212 frost-free days, Freeport places 14,561 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 265 of 1,951.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Freeport's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Freeport can differ from the 11510 normal.