Gilbertsville, NY 13843 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gilbertsville, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 142 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 Gilbertsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Gilbertsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gilbertsville's last frost
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gilbertsville compares
About 142 days separate Gilbertsville's last and first frost, putting it 36,812 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,769 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gilbertsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gilbertsville can differ from the 13843 normal.