Hunter, NY 12452 Frost Dates
Hunter, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/20, about 265 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 129 days after the last spring frost.
Hunter sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Hunter's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/20 isn't a guarantee
05/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hunter against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 129 frost-free days, Hunter places 38,498 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,915 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12452's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Hunter's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hunter's dates instead of trusting one.