Smyrna, NY 13832 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Smyrna, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 145 frost-free days later.
Smyrna sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Smyrna before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Smyrna compares
At roughly 145 frost-free days, Smyrna places 36,293 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,693 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Smyrna's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Smyrna can differ from the 13832 normal.