Catskill, NY 12482 Frost Dates
Catskill, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Catskill in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Catskill's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Catskill against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Catskill places 29,432 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 805 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12482's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Catskill's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Catskill can differ from the 12482 normal.