Franklin, NY 13846 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Franklin, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/17, about 262 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 141 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Franklin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Franklin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Franklin's last frost
05/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Franklin compares
About 141 days separate Franklin's last and first frost, putting it 36,987 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,788 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Franklin can differ from the 13846 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Franklin's frost date answer different questions.