Frost dates for Cherry Valley 2 NNE, New York
Half of years have their last spring frost by May 6, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 24.
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 24
- 1 year in 5
- May 18
- 3 years in 10
- May 12
- 2 years in 5
- May 9
- Half of years (the median)
- May 6
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- September 24
- 1 year in 5
- September 29
- 3 years in 10
- October 1
- 2 years in 5
- October 4
- Half of years (the median)
- October 6
- Growing season
- about 152 days
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 5b
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 24 °C76 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- July to August, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer heat
Month by month
- January
- high ~-2 °C28 °F · low ~-11 °C13 °F
- February
- high ~0 °C31 °F · low ~-10 °C14 °F
- March
- high ~5 °C40 °F · low ~-6 °C22 °F
- April
- high ~12 °C54 °F · low ~1 °C33 °F
- May
- high ~19 °C66 °F · low ~7 °C45 °F
- June
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~12 °C54 °F
- July
- high ~25 °C78 °F · low ~14 °C58 °F
- August
- high ~25 °C76 °F · low ~13 °C56 °F
- September
- high ~21 °C69 °F · low ~10 °C50 °F
- October
- high ~14 °C58 °F · low ~4 °C39 °F
- November
- high ~7 °C45 °F · low ~-2 °C29 °F
- December
- high ~1 °C34 °F · low ~-7 °C20 °F
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Cherry Valley 2 NNE station (listed by NOAA as Cherry Valley 2 NNE, USC00301436), at 42.82, -74.74. 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
12155, 12197, 13315, 13317, 13320, 13326, 13333, 13337, 13339, 13348, 13361, 13410…
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13428, 13439, 13450, 13459, 13468, 13475, 13488, 13807.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Delanson 2 NE, NY, last frost by May 7
- Utica Oneida County Airport, NY, last frost by May 1
- Delhi 2 SE, NY, last frost by May 19
- E Sidney, NY, last frost by May 11
- Albany Airport, NY, last frost by April 27
- Morrisville 6 SW, NY, last frost by May 6
Other stations in New York.
- E Jewett, NY, last frost by May 20
- Hudson Correctional Facility, NY, last frost by April 25
- Glens Falls Farm, NY, last frost by May 17
- Liberty 1 NE, NY, last frost by May 9
- Syracuse Hancock International Airport, NY, last frost by April 29
- Binghamton, NY, last frost by May 2
- Mohonk Lake, NY, last frost by April 21
- Brewerton Lock, NY, last frost by May 4
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