Frost dates for Liberty 1 Ne, New York
Half of years have their last spring frost by May 9 — but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 23.
Every other site gives you one date. A frost date is not a date: it is a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station, and planting to the median means losing the crop in half of years. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
- Frost this late in 1 year in 10
- May 23
- 1 year in 5
- May 18
- 3 years in 10
- May 14
- 2 years in 5
- May 12
- Half of years (the median)
- May 9
First fall freeze
- Freeze this early in 1 year in 10
- September 24
- 1 year in 5
- September 29
- 3 years in 10
- October 1
- 2 years in 5
- October 3
- Half of years (the median)
- October 5
- Growing season
- about 149 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 5b, 6a, 6b
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, station Liberty 1 Ne (USC00304731), at 41.80, -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 resolves the nearest station to your own ZIP and lowers its confidence with distance, rather than presenting one number as if it were measured in your yard.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a hundred metres away does not. No table can know that about your garden. Your own logged frosts eventually can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
12428, 12435, 12701, 12719, 12720, 12723, 12724, 12725, 12726, 12732, 12733, 12734, 12736, 12738, 12741, 12742, 12743, 12745, 12747, 12748, 12749, 12750, 12751, 12752, 12754, 12758, 12759, 12760, 12762, 12763, 12764, 12765, 12766, 12767, 12768, 12769, 12775, 12776, 12777, 12778, 12779, 12781, 12783, 12784, 12785, 12786, 12787, 12788, 12789, 12790, 12791, 12792.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations, and how their last-frost dates compare — the frost gradient across your area, which no single station shows.
- Mohonk Lake Hcn, NY — last frost by April 21
- Delhi 2 Se, NY — last frost by May 19
- Pleasant Mt 1 W Hcn, PA — last frost by May 14
- Sussex 3 Wnw, NJ — last frost by April 30
- E Jewett, NY — last frost by May 20
- E Sidney, NY — last frost by May 11
Other stations in New York.
- Millbrook 3 W, NY — last frost by May 4
- Hudson Correctional Facility, NY — last frost by April 25
- Yorktown Hts 1W Hcn, NY — last frost by April 25
- Binghamton Hcn, NY — last frost by May 2
- Cherry Valley 2 Nne, NY — last frost by May 6
- Delanson 2Ne, NY — last frost by May 7
- Albany Ap Hcn, NY — last frost by April 27
- Morrisville 6 Sw Hcn, NY — last frost by May 6