Kingston, NY 12411 Frost Dates
Kingston, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/14, about 259 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 134 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kingston in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Kingston's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kingston against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 134 frost-free days, Kingston places 37,942 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,845 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12411's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Kingston can differ from the 12411 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Kingston's frost date answer different questions.