Frost dates for Gouverneur 3 NW, New York
Half of years have their last spring frost by May 14, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 30.
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 30
- 1 year in 5
- May 24
- 3 years in 10
- May 20
- 2 years in 5
- May 17
- Half of years (the median)
- May 14
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- September 12
- 1 year in 5
- September 16
- 3 years in 10
- September 20
- 2 years in 5
- September 24
- Half of years (the median)
- September 26
- Growing season
- about 134 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 4b, 5a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 25 °C77 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- July 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 ~-3 °C26 °F · low ~-15 °C5 °F · rain ~70 mm2.8 in
- February
- high ~-2 °C29 °F · low ~-15 °C6 °F · rain ~54 mm2.1 in
- March
- high ~4 °C38 °F · low ~-8 °C17 °F · rain ~58 mm2.3 in
- April
- high ~12 °C53 °F · low ~0 °C31 °F · rain ~80 mm3.1 in
- May
- high ~19 °C66 °F · low ~6 °C42 °F · rain ~83 mm3.3 in
- June
- high ~24 °C75 °F · low ~11 °C53 °F · rain ~99 mm3.9 in
- July
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~96 mm3.8 in
- August
- high ~26 °C78 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~85 mm3.4 in
- September
- high ~22 °C71 °F · low ~8 °C47 °F · rain ~96 mm3.8 in
- October
- high ~14 °C58 °F · low ~2 °C36 °F · rain ~118 mm4.7 in
- November
- high ~7 °C45 °F · low ~-3 °C27 °F · rain ~91 mm3.6 in
- December
- high ~0 °C33 °F · low ~-9 °C15 °F · rain ~75 mm2.9 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Gouverneur 3 NW station (listed by NOAA as Gouverneur 3 NW, USC00303346), at 44.35, -75.51. 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
13607, 13608, 13614, 13623, 13633, 13635, 13642, 13646, 13648, 13675, 13679, 13681, 13691.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Utica Oneida County Airport, NY, last frost by May 1
- Brewerton Lock, NY, last frost by May 4
- Syracuse Hancock International Airport, NY, last frost by April 29
Other stations in New York.
- Morrisville 6 SW, NY, last frost by May 6
- Cherry Valley 2 NNE, NY, last frost by May 6
- Glens Falls Farm, NY, last frost by May 17
- Aurora Rsch Farm, NY, last frost by May 1
- Delanson 2 NE, NY, last frost by May 7
- Rochester Greater International Airport, NY, last frost by April 24
- Albany Airport, NY, last frost by April 27
- E Sidney, NY, last frost by May 11
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