Farnham, NY 14081 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Farnham, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/05, roughly 250 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Farnham in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Farnham before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/05 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 Farnham compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Farnham places 30,169 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 871 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Farnham's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Farnham's dates instead of trusting one.