Remsen, NY 13472 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Remsen, 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.
Zone 4a (-30 to -25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Remsen, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Remsen before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Remsen'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 Remsen compares
About 161 days separate Remsen's last and first frost, putting it 32,147 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,056 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Remsen's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Remsen can differ from the 13472 normal.