Hoosick Falls, NY 12028 Frost Dates
Hoosick Falls, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 154 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hoosick Falls in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Hoosick Falls's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hoosick Falls against the rest of the dataset
Hoosick Falls's growing season runs about 154 days, ranking 34,294 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,406 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12028's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Hoosick Falls's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hoosick Falls's dates instead of trusting one.