Maybrook, NY 12543 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Maybrook, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 163 frost-free days later.
Maybrook sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Maybrook before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Maybrook's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Maybrook compares
Maybrook's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,394 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 943 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Maybrook's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Maybrook's dates instead of trusting one.