Red Hook, NY 12507 Frost Dates
Red Hook, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 05/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 259 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 134 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Red Hook 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 4 weeks until Red Hook's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/14 isn't a guarantee
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Red Hook against the rest of the dataset
Red Hook's growing season runs about 134 days, ranking 37,975 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,862 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12507's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Red Hook's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Red Hook's dates instead of trusting one.