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Coxsackie, NY 12192 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Coxsackie, NY, ZIP 12192

Zone 6a

Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 160 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Coxsackie 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

Zone 6a around Coxsackie 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.

Why 05/03 isn't a guarantee

05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Coxsackie compares

At roughly 160 frost-free days, Coxsackie places 32,372 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,110 of 1,951.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Coxsackie's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Coxsackie can differ from the 12192 normal.