Millbrook, NY 12514 Frost Dates
12514, near Millbrook, NY: the frost window
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.
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 Millbrook, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Millbrook's growing season runs out in roughly 4 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Millbrook against the rest of the dataset
Millbrook's growing season runs about 134 days, ranking 37,979 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,864 of 1,951.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 12514: local microclimates, on what one yard in Millbrook can differ from the 12514 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Millbrook's frost date answer different questions.