Poughkeepsie, NY 12547 Frost Dates
Poughkeepsie, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 168 days after the last spring frost.
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 Poughkeepsie, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Poughkeepsie's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Poughkeepsie against the rest of the dataset
About 168 days separate Poughkeepsie's last and first frost, putting it 29,668 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 830 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12547's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Poughkeepsie can differ from the 12547 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Poughkeepsie's frost date answer different questions.