Millbrook, NY 12545 Frost Dates
Millbrook, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 155 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Millbrook 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 6 weeks until Millbrook's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Millbrook against the rest of the dataset
About 155 days separate Millbrook's last and first frost, putting it 34,016 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,388 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12545's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Millbrook's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Millbrook can differ from the 12545 normal.