Richville, NY 13684 Frost Dates
Richville, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/09, roughly 254 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/30, roughly 142 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Richville in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 5 weeks until Richville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Richville's last frost
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Richville against the rest of the dataset
Richville's growing season runs about 142 days, ranking 36,822 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,773 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13684's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Richville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Richville can differ from the 13684 normal.