Voorheesville, NY 12159 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Voorheesville, NY, ZIP 12159
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.
Voorheesville 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 Voorheesville 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Voorheesville compares
About 169 days separate Voorheesville's last and first frost, putting it 29,449 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 808 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Voorheesville can differ from the 12159 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Voorheesville's frost date answer different questions.