Fleischmanns, NY 12406 Frost Dates
Fleischmanns, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 154 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Fleischmanns, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Fleischmanns's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fleischmanns against the rest of the dataset
About 154 days separate Fleischmanns's last and first frost, putting it 34,444 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,434 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12406's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Fleischmanns's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Fleischmanns's dates instead of trusting one.