Patchogue, NY 11715 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Patchogue, NY, ZIP 11715
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 219 frost-free days later.
Patchogue 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
Zone 7b around Patchogue has about 11 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Patchogue compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Patchogue places 12,984 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 207 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Patchogue's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Patchogue can differ from the 11715 normal.