Antwerp, NY 13608 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Antwerp, NY?
Around 05/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 259 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/26, about 134 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Antwerp in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Antwerp before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/14 isn't a guarantee
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Antwerp compares
At roughly 134 frost-free days, Antwerp places 38,011 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,872 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Antwerp's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Antwerp can differ from the 13608 normal.