Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hoosick Falls, NY, ZIP 12090
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 154 frost-free days later.
Hoosick Falls 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 Hoosick Falls has about 6 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
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hoosick Falls compares
At roughly 154 frost-free days, Hoosick Falls places 34,296 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,408 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hoosick Falls's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hoosick Falls can differ from the 12090 normal.