Atlantic Beach, NY 11694 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Atlantic Beach, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Atlantic Beach 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 Atlantic Beach 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 Atlantic Beach compares
About 226 days separate Atlantic Beach's last and first frost, putting it 11,221 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 121 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Atlantic Beach's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Atlantic Beach can differ from the 11694 normal.