Tupper Lake, NY 12973 Frost Dates
Tupper Lake, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/16, about 261 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 134 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tupper Lake in Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 4 weeks until Tupper Lake's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tupper Lake against the rest of the dataset
About 134 days separate Tupper Lake's last and first frost, putting it 37,960 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,855 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12973's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Tupper Lake can differ from the 12973 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Tupper Lake's frost date answer different questions.