Cobleskill, NY 12031 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cobleskill, NY, ZIP 12031
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 148 frost-free days later.
Cobleskill sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 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 5b around Cobleskill has about 5 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
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cobleskill compares
About 148 days separate Cobleskill's last and first frost, putting it 35,710 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,597 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cobleskill's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cobleskill can differ from the 12031 normal.