Tupper Lake, NY 12986 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.
Zone 4a (-30 to -25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Tupper Lake, not a forecast for this year.
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
Tupper Lake's growing season runs about 134 days, ranking 37,961 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,856 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12986's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Tupper Lake can differ from the 12986 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Tupper Lake's frost date answer different questions.