Liberty, NY 12722 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Liberty, NY, ZIP 12722
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 152 frost-free days later.
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 Liberty, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Liberty has about 6 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.
Why 05/07 isn't a guarantee
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Liberty compares
Liberty's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,746 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,470 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Liberty's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Liberty's dates instead of trusting one.