Monticello, NY 12751 Frost Dates
Monticello, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
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 Monticello, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Monticello's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Monticello's last frost
05/07 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 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Monticello against the rest of the dataset
Monticello's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,733 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,464 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12751's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Monticello's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Monticello can differ from the 12751 normal.