Hunter, NY 12495 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hunter, NY, ZIP 12495
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.
Hunter sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Hunter 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.
The actual range around Hunter'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 Hunter compares
Hunter's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,963 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,626 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Hunter's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hunter's dates instead of trusting one.