Bergen, NY 14422 Frost Dates
Bergen, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/03, roughly 248 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bergen in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Bergen's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bergen against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Bergen places 30,640 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 886 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14422's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Bergen can differ from the 14422 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Bergen's frost date answer different questions.