Port Jervis, NY 12746 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Port Jervis, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 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 Port Jervis, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Port Jervis 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
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Port Jervis compares
Port Jervis's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 32,949 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,153 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Port Jervis's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Port Jervis can differ from the 12746 normal.