Owego, NY 13827 Frost Dates
Owego, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/05, roughly 250 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 159 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Owego in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Owego'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
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Owego against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 159 frost-free days, Owego places 32,646 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,143 of 1,951.
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Before leaning on 13827's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Owego can differ from the 13827 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Owego's frost date answer different questions.