Wappingers Falls, NY 12542 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wappingers Falls, NY, ZIP 12542
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 168 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Wappingers Falls, not a forecast for this year.
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
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Wappingers Falls places 29,701 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 834 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 12542 normal.