Farmingdale, NY 11803 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Farmingdale, NY, ZIP 11803
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.
Farmingdale 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 Farmingdale 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 Farmingdale compares
Farmingdale's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,483 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 259 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Farmingdale can differ from the 11803 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Farmingdale's frost date answer different questions.