Frost dates for Brewerton Lock, New York
Half of years have their last spring frost by May 4, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 19.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- May 19
- 1 year in 5
- May 14
- 3 years in 10
- May 10
- 2 years in 5
- May 6
- Half of years (the median)
- May 4
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- September 27
- 1 year in 5
- October 1
- 3 years in 10
- October 4
- 2 years in 5
- October 7
- Half of years (the median)
- October 11
- Growing season
- about 158 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 5b, 6a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 26 °C79 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- June to August, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~-1 °C31 °F · low ~-11 °C13 °F · rain ~89 mm3.5 in
- February
- high ~1 °C33 °F · low ~-11 °C12 °F · rain ~102 mm4 in
- March
- high ~5 °C41 °F · low ~-6 °C21 °F · rain ~89 mm3.5 in
- April
- high ~13 °C55 °F · low ~0 °C33 °F · rain ~98 mm3.9 in
- May
- high ~20 °C68 °F · low ~7 °C45 °F · rain ~99 mm3.9 in
- June
- high ~24 °C76 °F · low ~12 °C54 °F · rain ~105 mm4.1 in
- July
- high ~27 °C81 °F · low ~15 °C58 °F · rain ~103 mm4 in
- August
- high ~26 °C80 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~100 mm3.9 in
- September
- high ~22 °C72 °F · low ~9 °C49 °F · rain ~101 mm4 in
- October
- high ~15 °C59 °F · low ~4 °C40 °F · rain ~117 mm4.6 in
- November
- high ~9 °C48 °F · low ~-1 °C30 °F · rain ~99 mm3.9 in
- December
- high ~3 °C37 °F · low ~-6 °C22 °F · rain ~106 mm4.2 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Brewerton Lock station (listed by NOAA as Brewerton Lock, USC00300870), at 43.24, -76.20. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
13027, 13029, 13036, 13041, 13069, 13076, 13080, 13103, 13112, 13113, 13132, 13135…
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13166, 13167.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Syracuse Hancock International Airport, NY, last frost by April 29
- Morrisville 6 SW, NY, last frost by May 6
- Utica Oneida County Airport, NY, last frost by May 1
- Aurora Rsch Farm, NY, last frost by May 1
- Binghamton, NY, last frost by May 2
- Rochester Greater International Airport, NY, last frost by April 24
Other stations in New York.
- Cherry Valley 2 NNE, NY, last frost by May 6
- E Sidney, NY, last frost by May 11
- Elmira Corning Regional Airport, NY, last frost by May 9
- Gouverneur 3 NW, NY, last frost by May 14
- Delhi 2 SE, NY, last frost by May 19
- Delanson 2 NE, NY, last frost by May 7
- Warsaw 6 SW, NY, last frost by May 7
- Liberty 1 NE, NY, last frost by May 9
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