Argyle, NY 12823 Frost Dates
12823, near Argyle, NY: the frost window
Around 05/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 258 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/29, roughly 137 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Argyle in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Argyle's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Argyle against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 137 frost-free days, Argyle places 37,580 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,820 of 1,951.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 12823: local microclimates, on what one yard in Argyle can differ from the 12823 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 5b and Argyle's frost date answer different questions.