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.
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 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
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 3
- Half of years (the median)
- October 5
- Growing season
- about 149 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 5b, 6a
- 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 ~-1 °C30 °F · low ~-10 °C13 °F · rain ~94 mm3.7 in
- February
- high ~1 °C33 °F · low ~-10 °C14 °F · rain ~71 mm2.8 in
- March
- high ~5 °C41 °F · low ~-6 °C22 °F · rain ~99 mm3.9 in
- April
- high ~13 °C55 °F · low ~0 °C32 °F · rain ~106 mm4.2 in
- May
- high ~19 °C66 °F · low ~6 °C43 °F · rain ~120 mm4.7 in
- June
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~11 °C52 °F · rain ~133 mm5.2 in
- July
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~14 °C57 °F · rain ~120 mm4.7 in
- August
- high ~25 °C77 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~135 mm5.3 in
- September
- high ~21 °C70 °F · low ~9 °C48 °F · rain ~131 mm5.2 in
- October
- high ~15 °C58 °F · low ~3 °C37 °F · rain ~121 mm4.7 in
- November
- high ~8 °C47 °F · low ~-2 °C28 °F · rain ~98 mm3.9 in
- December
- high ~2 °C35 °F · low ~-7 °C20 °F · rain ~120 mm4.7 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Liberty 1 NE station (listed by NOAA as 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 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
12720, 12723, 12724, 12726, 12733, 12734, 12736, 12741, 12742, 12745, 12747, 12748…
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12749, 12750, 12751, 12752, 12754, 12758, 12759, 12760, 12762, 12765, 12766, 12767, 12768, 12776, 12783, 12786, 12787, 12788, 12791.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Mohonk Lake, NY, last frost by April 21
- Delhi 2 SE, NY, last frost by May 19
- Pleasant Mt 1 W, 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 Heights 1 W, NY, last frost by April 25
- Binghamton, NY, last frost by May 2
- Cherry Valley 2 NNE, NY, last frost by May 6
- Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley, NY, last frost by April 20
- Delanson 2 NE, NY, last frost by May 7
- Albany Airport, NY, last frost by April 27
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