West Hampton Dunes, NY 11972 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Hampton Dunes, NY, ZIP 11972
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 160 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 West Hampton Dunes, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around West Hampton Dunes has about 7 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 05/07 isn't a guarantee
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Hampton Dunes compares
At roughly 160 frost-free days, West Hampton Dunes places 32,541 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,139 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in West Hampton Dunes can differ from the 11972 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and West Hampton Dunes's frost date answer different questions.