Tivoli, NY 12504 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tivoli, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 134 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Tivoli, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Tivoli before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/14 isn't a guarantee
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 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 Tivoli compares
At roughly 134 frost-free days, Tivoli places 37,987 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,865 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Tivoli can differ from the 12504 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Tivoli's frost date answer different questions.