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Voorheesville, NY 12041 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Voorheesville, NY?

Zone 5b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/03, roughly 248 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 160 frost-free days later.

Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Voorheesville, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 6 weeks of growing season left in Voorheesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

05/03 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. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Voorheesville compares

Voorheesville's growing season runs about 160 days, ranking 32,330 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,069 of 1,951.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Voorheesville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Voorheesville's dates instead of trusting one.