Port Jervis, NY 18340 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Port Jervis, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Port Jervis 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 6 weeks of growing season left in Port Jervis 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. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Port Jervis compares
At roughly 158 frost-free days, Port Jervis places 32,952 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,156 of 1,951.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Port Jervis can differ from the 18340 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Port Jervis's frost date answer different questions.