East Hampton, NY 11954 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Hampton, NY, ZIP 11954
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 222 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 East Hampton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around East Hampton 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.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 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 East Hampton compares
At roughly 222 frost-free days, East Hampton places 12,279 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 193 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and East Hampton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around East Hampton's dates instead of trusting one.