Franklin, NY 13775 Frost Dates
Franklin, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/11, roughly 256 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 151 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Franklin in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 6 weeks until Franklin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/11 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 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Franklin against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 151 frost-free days, Franklin places 35,166 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,565 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13775's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Franklin can differ from the 13775 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Franklin's frost date answer different questions.