Middleburgh, NY 12469 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Middleburgh, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/18, roughly 263 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 137 frost-free days later.
Middleburgh 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Middleburgh before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Middleburgh compares
About 137 days separate Middleburgh's last and first frost, putting it 37,527 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,807 of 1,951.
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