Freeport, NY 11520 Frost Dates
Freeport, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
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 Freeport, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Freeport's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Freeport against the rest of the dataset
About 212 days separate Freeport's last and first frost, putting it 14,562 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 266 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 11520's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Freeport can differ from the 11520 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Freeport's frost date answer different questions.