East Nassau, NY 12153 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Nassau, NY, ZIP 12153
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 162 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts East Nassau 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 East Nassau 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.
The actual range around East Nassau's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Nassau compares
About 162 days separate East Nassau's last and first frost, putting it 31,839 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,035 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and East Nassau's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around East Nassau's dates instead of trusting one.