Voorheesville, NY 12243 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Voorheesville, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/03, roughly 248 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 160 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Voorheesville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Voorheesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Voorheesville's last frost
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 Voorheesville compares
Voorheesville's growing season runs about 160 days, ranking 32,357 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,096 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Voorheesville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Voorheesville can differ from the 12243 normal.