Schenectady, NY 12148 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Schenectady, NY, ZIP 12148
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 169 frost-free days later.
Schenectady sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Schenectady has about 7 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.
Why 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Schenectady compares
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Schenectady places 29,302 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 782 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Schenectady's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Schenectady's dates instead of trusting one.