Pawling, NY 12594 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pawling, NY, ZIP 12594
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 185 frost-free days later.
Pawling sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Pawling has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Pawling's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pawling compares
About 185 days separate Pawling's last and first frost, putting it 23,191 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 458 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Pawling's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pawling's dates instead of trusting one.