Meridian, NY 13137 Frost Dates
Meridian, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
Meridian sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 7 weeks until Meridian's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Meridian's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Meridian against the rest of the dataset
About 165 days separate Meridian's last and first frost, putting it 30,738 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 894 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13137's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Meridian's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Meridian can differ from the 13137 normal.