Brightwaters, NY 11706 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brightwaters, NY, ZIP 11706
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 213 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brightwaters 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
Zone 7b around Brightwaters has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Brightwaters's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brightwaters compares
Brightwaters's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,501 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 262 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Brightwaters can differ from the 11706 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Brightwaters's frost date answer different questions.