Richburg, NY 14707 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Richburg, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 163 frost-free days later.
Richburg sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Richburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 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 Richburg compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Richburg places 31,519 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 996 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Richburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Richburg can differ from the 14707 normal.