Kinderhook, NY 12174 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kinderhook, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 171 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kinderhook in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Kinderhook before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kinderhook's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 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 Kinderhook compares
At roughly 171 frost-free days, Kinderhook places 28,721 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 740 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Kinderhook can differ from the 12174 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Kinderhook's frost date answer different questions.