Chaumont, NY 13693 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Chaumont, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 163 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Chaumont in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 7 weeks of growing season left in Chaumont before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Chaumont's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Chaumont compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Chaumont places 31,503 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 994 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Chaumont's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Chaumont's dates instead of trusting one.