Hunter, NY 12496 Frost Dates
Hunter, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/20, about 265 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 129 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hunter in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 4 weeks until Hunter'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
05/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hunter against the rest of the dataset
About 129 days separate Hunter's last and first frost, putting it 38,501 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,918 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12496's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Hunter can differ from the 12496 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Hunter's frost date answer different questions.