Wampsville, NY 13043 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wampsville, NY?
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 156 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wampsville in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Wampsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wampsville's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 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 Wampsville compares
About 156 days separate Wampsville's last and first frost, putting it 33,777 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,343 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Wampsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Wampsville can differ from the 13043 normal.