East Hills, NY 11577 Frost Dates
When can you plant in East Hills, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 224 frost-free days later.
East Hills 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 11 weeks of growing season left in East Hills before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around East Hills'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 East Hills compares
About 224 days separate East Hills's last and first frost, putting it 11,820 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 167 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and East Hills's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around East Hills's dates instead of trusting one.