McGraw, NY 13738 Frost Dates
Frost dates for McGraw, NY, ZIP 13738
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 145 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts McGraw 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
Zone 5b around McGraw 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 McGraw's last frost
05/13 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. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How McGraw compares
About 145 days separate McGraw's last and first frost, putting it 36,234 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,675 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around McGraw's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in McGraw can differ from the 13738 normal.