Lake George, NY 12810 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lake George, NY, ZIP 12810
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 169 frost-free days later.
Lake George sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 4b around Lake George has about 7 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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake George compares
About 169 days separate Lake George's last and first frost, putting it 29,507 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 817 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake George's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lake George can differ from the 12810 normal.