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Woodridge, NY 12435 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Woodridge, NY?

Zone 6a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 152 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 Woodridge, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 6 weeks of growing season left in Woodridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Woodridge's last frost

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 Woodridge compares

Woodridge's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,837 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,504 of 1,951.

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local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodridge can differ from the 12435 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Woodridge's frost date answer different questions.