Lake George, NY 12860 Frost Dates
Lake George, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/23, roughly 268 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 125 days after the last spring frost.
Lake George sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Lake George's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/23 isn't a guarantee
05/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lake George against the rest of the dataset
Lake George's growing season runs about 125 days, ranking 38,770 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,923 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12860's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake George's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lake George can differ from the 12860 normal.