Pawling, NY 12563 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pawling, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/28, about 243 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 170 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pawling in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Pawling before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pawling's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 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 Pawling compares
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Pawling places 29,050 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 765 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Pawling's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pawling can differ from the 12563 normal.