Milford, NY 13834 Frost Dates
Milford, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/17, about 262 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/03, roughly 141 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Milford 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 5 weeks until Milford'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
05/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Milford against the rest of the dataset
About 141 days separate Milford's last and first frost, putting it 36,978 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,786 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13834's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Milford's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Milford can differ from the 13834 normal.