Catskill, NY 12414 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Catskill, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 169 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 Catskill, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Catskill before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Catskill's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Catskill compares
About 169 days separate Catskill's last and first frost, putting it 29,430 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 803 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Catskill can differ from the 12414 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Catskill's frost date answer different questions.