Watkins Glen, NY 14887 Frost Dates
Watkins Glen, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/10, about 255 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/08, roughly 150 days after the last spring frost.
Watkins Glen sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Watkins Glen's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/10 isn't a guarantee
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Watkins Glen against the rest of the dataset
Watkins Glen's growing season runs about 150 days, ranking 35,313 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,579 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14887's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Watkins Glen can differ from the 14887 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Watkins Glen's frost date answer different questions.