Wappingers Falls, NY 12537 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wappingers Falls, NY, ZIP 12537
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 168 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wappingers Falls in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Wappingers Falls has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wappingers Falls compares
About 168 days separate Wappingers Falls's last and first frost, putting it 29,700 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 833 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wappingers Falls's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wappingers Falls can differ from the 12537 normal.