Ellenville, NY 12769 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ellenville, NY, ZIP 12769
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ellenville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Ellenville 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 Ellenville compares
About 152 days separate Ellenville's last and first frost, putting it 34,760 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,478 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Ellenville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Ellenville's dates instead of trusting one.