New Berlin, NY 13482 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Berlin, NY, ZIP 13482
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 145 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 New Berlin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around New Berlin has about 5 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
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Berlin compares
At roughly 145 frost-free days, New Berlin places 36,240 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,678 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around New Berlin's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in New Berlin can differ from the 13482 normal.