Endicott, NY 13850 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Endicott, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 159 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Endicott, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Endicott before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Endicott's last frost
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Endicott compares
About 159 days separate Endicott's last and first frost, putting it 32,617 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,142 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Endicott's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Endicott can differ from the 13850 normal.