Schuylerville, NY 12831 Frost Dates
Schuylerville, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/17, roughly 262 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/29, roughly 135 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Schuylerville 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
With roughly 5 weeks until Schuylerville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Schuylerville against the rest of the dataset
Schuylerville's growing season runs about 135 days, ranking 37,885 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,842 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12831's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Schuylerville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Schuylerville can differ from the 12831 normal.