Watkins Glen, NY 14891 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Watkins Glen, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/10, about 255 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 150 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Watkins Glen before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Watkins Glen's last frost
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Watkins Glen compares
At roughly 150 frost-free days, Watkins Glen places 35,314 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,580 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Watkins Glen's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Watkins Glen can differ from the 14891 normal.