Tannersville, NY 12463 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tannersville, NY?
Around 05/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 254 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 147 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 Tannersville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Tannersville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tannersville's last frost
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 Tannersville compares
About 147 days separate Tannersville's last and first frost, putting it 35,956 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,625 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Tannersville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Tannersville's dates instead of trusting one.