Cold Brook, NY 13324 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cold Brook, NY?
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 161 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cold Brook in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 7 weeks of growing season left in Cold Brook before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cold Brook's last frost
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cold Brook compares
Cold Brook's growing season runs about 161 days, ranking 32,168 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,059 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cold Brook's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cold Brook can differ from the 13324 normal.