Colonie, NY 12205 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Colonie, NY?
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 Colonie 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 Colonie 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
04/27 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 Colonie compares
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Colonie places 29,395 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 796 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Colonie's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Colonie can differ from the 12205 normal.