Theresa, NY 13675 Frost Dates
Theresa, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/14, about 259 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/26, roughly 134 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Theresa in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Theresa's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Theresa's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Theresa against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 134 frost-free days, Theresa places 37,998 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,868 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13675's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Theresa's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Theresa can differ from the 13675 normal.