Schoharie, NY 12035 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Schoharie, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 163 frost-free days later.
Schoharie 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Schoharie before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Schoharie's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Schoharie compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Schoharie places 31,468 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 978 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Schoharie's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Schoharie's dates instead of trusting one.