Saranac Lake, NY 12989 Frost Dates
Saranac Lake, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 06/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 278 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/09, roughly 97 days after the last spring frost.
Saranac Lake sits in USDA Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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 2 weeks until Saranac Lake's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Saranac Lake's last frost
06/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Saranac Lake against the rest of the dataset
Saranac Lake's growing season runs about 97 days, ranking 39,775 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,951 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 12989's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Saranac Lake can differ from the 12989 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4a and Saranac Lake's frost date answer different questions.