Jeffersonville, NY 12720 Frost Dates
Jeffersonville, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/12, about 257 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 146 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jeffersonville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Jeffersonville'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
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Jeffersonville against the rest of the dataset
Jeffersonville's growing season runs about 146 days, ranking 36,109 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,633 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12720's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Jeffersonville can differ from the 12720 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Jeffersonville's frost date answer different questions.