Greene, NY 13841 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greene, NY, ZIP 13841
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 163 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Greene, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Greene has about 7 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.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greene compares
About 163 days separate Greene's last and first frost, putting it 31,432 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 961 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Greene can differ from the 13841 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Greene's frost date answer different questions.