Malone, NY 12995 Frost Dates
12995, near Malone, NY: the frost window
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/04, roughly 151 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 Malone, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Malone's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Malone's growing season runs about 151 days, ranking 35,012 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,528 of 1,951.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 12995: local microclimates, on what one yard in Malone can differ from the 12995 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 4b and Malone's frost date answer different questions.