Greene, NY 13746 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greene, NY, ZIP 13746
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 163 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greene in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Greene has about 7 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.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greene compares
About 163 days separate Greene's last and first frost, putting it 31,430 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 959 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Greene's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Greene can differ from the 13746 normal.