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Quogue, NY 11973 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Quogue, NY, ZIP 11973

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 215 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 Quogue, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 7a around Quogue 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 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Quogue compares

Quogue's growing season runs about 215 days, ranking 14,126 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 238 of 1,951.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Quogue's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Quogue's dates instead of trusting one.