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Woodridge, NY 12763 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Woodridge, NY, ZIP 12763

Zone 6a

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.

Woodridge sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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

Zone 6a around Woodridge 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

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 Woodridge compares

About 152 days separate Woodridge's last and first frost, putting it 34,840 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,507 of 1,951.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Woodridge's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodridge can differ from the 12763 normal.