Lake Grove, NY 11767 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Grove, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 207 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 Lake Grove, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Lake Grove before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Grove compares
About 207 days separate Lake Grove's last and first frost, putting it 15,804 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 283 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Lake Grove's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Grove's dates instead of trusting one.