Port Dickinson, NY 13904 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Port Dickinson, NY?
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 162 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 Port Dickinson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Port Dickinson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Port Dickinson compares
At roughly 162 frost-free days, Port Dickinson places 31,772 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,019 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Port Dickinson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Port Dickinson can differ from the 13904 normal.