Jeffersonville, NY 12776 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jeffersonville, NY?
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 5b (-15 to -10°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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Jeffersonville 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
05/12 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 36,121 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,645 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Jeffersonville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Jeffersonville can differ from the 12776 normal.