Your nature year
Middletown, New Yorkthrough the year
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Middletown?
The USA-NPN spring index puts first leaf here around Apr 7 and first bloom around May 5. Frost usually lets go around Apr 21 and comes back around Oct 22, according to the nearest NOAA station, Middletown 2 NW: roughly 184 days without it. Across New York, fall color is usually well under way by mid-October. We follow 15 places within 150 miles of Middletown; the nearest lies 24 miles to the southeast. Bear Mountain and West Point, 24 miles from Middletown, is the nearest fall foliage spot on this site, usually well under way by mid-October (statewide). Middletown sits at about 532 feet.
Updated Sep 28. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Middletown's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~Apr 21 to ~Oct 22
- First leaf ~Apr 7
- First bloom ~May 5
- Fall color under way ~Oct 20 (NY)
- Today
Near Middletown right now
- Fall color is usually well under way by mid-October in New YorkStatewide · USA-NPN volunteer observations, 2020–2025 · not a forecast~3 weeks
- First fall frost usually around Oct 22 · last spring frost around Apr 21NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Middletown 2 NW (1.7 mi, 50% dates)~3 weeks
- Fall foliage · Bear Mountain and West Point · 24 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
Middletown's nature year
- Spring green-upApr
- Last spring frostApr
- Fall color (NY)Oct
- First fall frostOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Bear Mountain and West Point · 24 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
- Vanderbilt Mansion · 35 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
- Cherry Valley Refuge · 49 miusually Oct 21–31~3 weeks
Snow in Middletown
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 3 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Rock Hill 3 SW (14.1 mi away): 58 inches of snow in an average year, about 15.5 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
Apr 21
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 22
About 184 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 7
First bloom around May 5
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Middletown 2 NW (1.7 mi from Middletown), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Middletown?
On average around Oct 22, and the last spring frost around Apr 21: about 184 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Middletown 2 NW, 1.7 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Middletown?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 7 and first bloom around May 5, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Middletown?
Bear Mountain and West Point, 24 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October); Vanderbilt Mansion, 35 miles (usually Oct 11–20); Cherry Valley Refuge, 49 miles (usually Oct 21–31). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Middletown?
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 3: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Rock Hill 3 SW. An average year brings 58 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, colored leaves observations (opens in a new tab) (Sep 28)