Speculator, NY 12108 Frost Dates
Speculator, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 05/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 268 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 125 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Speculator in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 4 weeks until Speculator'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
05/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Speculator against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 125 frost-free days, Speculator places 38,793 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,926 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12108's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Speculator can differ from the 12108 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Speculator's frost date answer different questions.