Chateaugay, NY 12934 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Chateaugay, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 157 frost-free days later.
Chateaugay 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Chateaugay before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Chateaugay's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Chateaugay compares
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Chateaugay places 33,402 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,252 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Chateaugay can differ from the 12934 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Chateaugay's frost date answer different questions.