Saugerties climate

Saugerties Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Platte Clove, 13.3 km from Saugerties, elevation 2032 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Platte Clove. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 9 and the first fall freeze around October 4, a growing season of about 147 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 25, first September 26
Median at 32°F
last May 9, first October 4
Median at 28°F
last April 30, first October 16

Last freeze in spring

The chance of a later freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one spring in ten still freezes after the date; planting after the 10 percent date for 32°F is the cautious choice.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FJun 5Jun 1May 30May 27May 25May 21May 17May 13May 8
32°FMay 25May 20May 17May 13May 9May 6May 3Apr 30Apr 26
28°FMay 15May 9May 4May 1Apr 30Apr 27Apr 24Apr 21Apr 17
24°FMay 1Apr 27Apr 23Apr 20Apr 18Apr 16Apr 13Apr 10Apr 5
20°FApr 19Apr 15Apr 12Apr 9Apr 6Apr 4Apr 2Mar 31Mar 25
16°FApr 12Apr 7Apr 4Apr 2Mar 31Mar 29Mar 26Mar 21Mar 16

First freeze in fall

The chance of an earlier freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one fall in ten freezes before the date.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FSep 13Sep 17Sep 20Sep 23Sep 26Sep 28Oct 1Oct 3Oct 7
32°FSep 23Sep 27Sep 30Oct 1Oct 4Oct 7Oct 10Oct 14Oct 19
28°FOct 1Oct 5Oct 9Oct 13Oct 16Oct 20Oct 24Oct 28Nov 2
24°FOct 12Oct 18Oct 23Oct 27Oct 31Nov 2Nov 5Nov 9Nov 14
20°FOct 29Nov 2Nov 6Nov 9Nov 12Nov 15Nov 18Nov 22Nov 28
16°FNov 10Nov 14Nov 17Nov 21Nov 23Nov 27Nov 30Dec 3Dec 9

Growing season length

Days between the last spring and first fall freeze at each threshold, with the chance of a season at least that long.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°F143136131128124120116111104
32°F166160155151147143139134128
28°F189183178173170165161156149
24°F216208202198194189186180172
20°F241232226222218214210206200
16°F260252246242238234230226219

How often it gets that cold

The share of years with at least one night at or below each temperature.

36°F or colder
100% of years
32°F or colder
100% of years
28°F or colder
100% of years
24°F or colder
100% of years
20°F or colder
100% of years
16°F or colder
100% of years

Degree days

A degree day is one degree of the daily mean temperature beyond a base, for one day. Heating degree days count cold (the fuel a house burns), cooling degree days heat, growing degree days the warmth a crop needs; each crop has its own base.

Heating degree days, base 65°F
7,395
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
309
Growing degree days, base 40°F
3,997
Growing degree days, base 45°F
2,959
Growing degree days, base 50°F
2,067
Growing degree days, base 55°F
1,321
Growing degree days, base 60°F
726

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January1,32401
February1,14400
March1,04906
April663342
May34514181
June11952385
July33118550
August5090505
September18530303
October521280
November816011
December1,14702

What this means

NOAA computes these from the daily lows at the station over 1991-2020, fitting the dates of each year's last and first freeze to a distribution, so a date can be stated at any level of risk. 36°F is a frost risk for tender plants on a clear, calm night, since the ground cools below the air above it; 32°F is a freeze; 28°F is a hard freeze that kills most annuals.

The station is 13.3 km from Saugerties. Low ground, valleys and open fields freeze earlier and later than a town center or a hillside.

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Sources

NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, annual and seasonal normals for station USC00306649 (Platte Clove). Public domain.