Whitney Point, NY 13802 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Whitney Point, NY, ZIP 13802
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 162 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Whitney Point 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 Whitney Point has about 6 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Whitney Point compares
At roughly 162 frost-free days, Whitney Point places 31,812 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,030 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Whitney Point can differ from the 13802 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Whitney Point's frost date answer different questions.