Speculator, NY 12190 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Speculator, NY, ZIP 12190
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 169 frost-free days later.
Speculator sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 4b around Speculator 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
04/30 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. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Speculator compares
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Speculator places 29,578 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 829 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Speculator's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Speculator can differ from the 12190 normal.