Brushton, NY 12914 Frost Dates
Brushton, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 144 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brushton in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Brushton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Brushton's last frost
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Brushton against the rest of the dataset
About 144 days separate Brushton's last and first frost, putting it 36,443 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,730 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12914's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Brushton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Brushton's dates instead of trusting one.