Remsen, NY 13438 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Remsen, NY, ZIP 13438
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 161 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Remsen in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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
Zone 5a around Remsen 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Remsen compares
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Remsen places 32,146 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,055 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Remsen's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Remsen's dates instead of trusting one.