Holland Patent, NY 13354 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Holland Patent, NY, ZIP 13354
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.
Holland Patent sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Holland Patent has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
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 Holland Patent compares
About 161 days separate Holland Patent's last and first frost, putting it 32,150 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,058 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Holland Patent's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Holland Patent can differ from the 13354 normal.