Menands, NY 12211 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Menands, NY, ZIP 12211
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 169 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
Zone 6a around Menands 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.
The actual range around Menands's last frost
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 Menands compares
Menands's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,417 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 801 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Menands can differ from the 12211 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Menands's frost date answer different questions.