Saugerties, NY 12453 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Saugerties, NY, ZIP 12453
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 147 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Saugerties in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Saugerties has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Saugerties compares
About 147 days separate Saugerties's last and first frost, putting it 35,900 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,608 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Saugerties can differ from the 12453 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Saugerties's frost date answer different questions.