Johnstown, NY 12095 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Johnstown, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/11, about 256 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 143 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 Johnstown, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Johnstown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Johnstown's last frost
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 Johnstown compares
About 143 days separate Johnstown's last and first frost, putting it 36,514 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,735 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Johnstown's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Johnstown's dates instead of trusting one.