Cherry Valley, NY 13475 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cherry Valley, NY, ZIP 13475
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cherry Valley in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around Cherry Valley has about 6 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 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cherry Valley compares
At roughly 152 frost-free days, Cherry Valley places 34,866 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,520 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cherry Valley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cherry Valley can differ from the 13475 normal.