Jeffersonville, NY 12783 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jeffersonville, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/12, roughly 257 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 146 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jeffersonville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
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.
The actual range around Jeffersonville's last frost
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
At roughly 146 frost-free days, Jeffersonville places 36,122 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,646 of 1,951.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Jeffersonville can differ from the 12783 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Jeffersonville's frost date answer different questions.