Menands, NY 12204 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Menands, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Menands 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Menands before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Menands compares
Menands's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,150 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 371 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Menands's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Menands can differ from the 12204 normal.