Hudson Falls, NY 12839 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hudson Falls, NY, ZIP 12839
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 143 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hudson Falls in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5a around Hudson Falls has about 5 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
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hudson Falls compares
At roughly 143 frost-free days, Hudson Falls places 36,515 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,736 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hudson Falls can differ from the 12839 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Hudson Falls's frost date answer different questions.