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Roslyn Harbor, NY 11548 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Roslyn Harbor, NY?

Zone 7b

Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 224 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Roslyn Harbor 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

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Roslyn Harbor before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Roslyn Harbor's last frost

04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Roslyn Harbor compares

At roughly 224 frost-free days, Roslyn Harbor places 11,930 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 185 of 1,951.

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