Islandia, NY 11760 Frost Dates
Islandia, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 207 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 Islandia, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Islandia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Islandia's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Islandia against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 207 frost-free days, Islandia places 15,825 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 289 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 11760's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Islandia can differ from the 11760 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Islandia's frost date answer different questions.