Remsen, NY 13301 Frost Dates
Remsen, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Remsen, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Remsen's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 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 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Remsen against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Remsen places 32,143 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,052 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13301's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Remsen's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Remsen can differ from the 13301 normal.