New York, NY 11695 Frost Dates
New York, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 226 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 New York, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until New York's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New York against the rest of the dataset
New York's growing season runs about 226 days, ranking 11,119 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 101 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 11695's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in New York can differ from the 11695 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and New York's frost date answer different questions.