Tannersville, NY 12448 Frost Dates
Tannersville, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/04, roughly 147 days after the last spring frost.
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 Tannersville, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Tannersville'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
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tannersville against the rest of the dataset
Tannersville's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,955 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,624 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12448's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Tannersville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Tannersville can differ from the 12448 normal.