Vernon, NY 13476 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vernon, NY, ZIP 13476
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 157 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vernon 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 Vernon 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.
The actual range around Vernon's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vernon compares
Vernon's growing season runs about 157 days, ranking 33,374 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,242 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Vernon's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Vernon can differ from the 13476 normal.