Babylon, NY 11729 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Babylon, NY, ZIP 11729
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 213 frost-free days later.
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 Babylon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Babylon 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Babylon compares
Babylon's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,469 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 251 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Babylon's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Babylon's dates instead of trusting one.