Jeffersonville, NY 12736 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jeffersonville, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/12, about 257 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 146 frost-free days later.
Jeffersonville sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Jeffersonville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/12 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. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jeffersonville compares
At roughly 146 frost-free days, Jeffersonville places 36,114 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,638 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Jeffersonville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Jeffersonville's dates instead of trusting one.