Cherry Valley, NY 13320 Frost Dates
Cherry Valley, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
Cherry Valley sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 6 weeks until Cherry Valley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cherry Valley against the rest of the dataset
Cherry Valley's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,864 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,518 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13320's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cherry Valley can differ from the 13320 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Cherry Valley's frost date answer different questions.