Troy, NY 12052 Frost Dates
Troy, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 162 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Troy 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 Troy's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Troy against the rest of the dataset
Troy's growing season runs about 162 days, ranking 31,602 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,003 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12052's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Troy's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Troy's dates instead of trusting one.