FrostDateCheck

Tannersville, NY 12470 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Tannersville, NY?

Zone 5b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 169 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tannersville in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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

About 7 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

04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Tannersville compares

At roughly 169 frost-free days, Tannersville places 29,561 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 824 of 1,951.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Tannersville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tannersville can differ from the 12470 normal.