Jeffersonville, NY 12745 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jeffersonville, NY, ZIP 12745
Around 05/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 257 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 146 frost-free days later.
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 Jeffersonville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Jeffersonville 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 05/12 isn't a guarantee
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
Jeffersonville's growing season runs about 146 days, ranking 36,116 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,640 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Jeffersonville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Jeffersonville's dates instead of trusting one.