Voorheesville, NY 12186 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Voorheesville, NY, ZIP 12186
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Voorheesville 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 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 29,450 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 809 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Voorheesville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Voorheesville's dates instead of trusting one.