Millbrook, NY 12592 Frost Dates
Millbrook, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 155 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Millbrook, not a forecast for this year.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 34,021 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,393 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12592's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Millbrook can differ from the 12592 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Millbrook's frost date answer different questions.