Malone, NY 12926 Frost Dates
Malone, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/04, roughly 151 days after the last spring frost.
Malone sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 5 weeks until Malone's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Malone against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 151 frost-free days, Malone places 35,009 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,525 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12926's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Malone's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Malone can differ from the 12926 normal.