Hobart, NY 13788 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hobart, NY?
Around 05/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 263 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 137 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hobart in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5 weeks of growing season left in Hobart before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hobart's last frost
05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hobart compares
About 137 days separate Hobart's last and first frost, putting it 37,570 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,819 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Hobart's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Hobart's dates instead of trusting one.