Walden, NY 12589 Frost Dates
Walden, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 164 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 Walden, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Walden's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Walden against the rest of the dataset
About 164 days separate Walden's last and first frost, putting it 30,901 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 899 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12589's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Walden can differ from the 12589 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Walden's frost date answer different questions.