Fonda, NY 12068 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fonda, NY, ZIP 12068
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/11, roughly 256 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 143 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fonda in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Fonda 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
05/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fonda compares
At roughly 143 frost-free days, Fonda places 36,581 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,750 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Fonda's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fonda's dates instead of trusting one.