Speculator, NY 12811 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Speculator, NY, ZIP 12811
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/23, about 268 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 125 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Speculator in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 4b around Speculator has about 4 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.
The actual range around Speculator's last frost
05/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Speculator compares
At roughly 125 frost-free days, Speculator places 38,795 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,928 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Speculator can differ from the 12811 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Speculator's frost date answer different questions.