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Constableville, NY 13325 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Constableville, NY?

Zone 4b

Around 05/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 253 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 145 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Constableville 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 5 weeks of growing season left in Constableville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Constableville's last frost

05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 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 Constableville compares

About 145 days separate Constableville's last and first frost, putting it 36,273 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,690 of 1,951.

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