Union Springs, NY 13160 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Union Springs, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 173 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Union Springs in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Union Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Union Springs's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Union Springs compares
About 173 days separate Union Springs's last and first frost, putting it 27,984 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 673 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Union Springs's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Union Springs's dates instead of trusting one.