Ellenville, NY 12428 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ellenville, NY?
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ellenville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Ellenville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ellenville compares
At roughly 152 frost-free days, Ellenville places 34,758 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,476 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ellenville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ellenville can differ from the 12428 normal.