Rensselaer Falls, NY 13680 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rensselaer Falls, NY, ZIP 13680
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 142 frost-free days later.
Rensselaer Falls sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 4b around Rensselaer Falls 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.
The actual range around Rensselaer Falls's last frost
05/09 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. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rensselaer Falls compares
Rensselaer Falls's growing season runs about 142 days, ranking 36,814 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,771 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Rensselaer Falls's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Rensselaer Falls can differ from the 13680 normal.