Newburgh, NY 12550 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Newburgh, NY?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 164 frost-free days later.
Newburgh 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 Newburgh before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Newburgh's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Newburgh compares
About 164 days separate Newburgh's last and first frost, putting it 30,855 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 895 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Newburgh's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Newburgh can differ from the 12550 normal.