Your nature year
New York, New Yorkthrough the year
Also for Newark, NJ, Jersey City, NJ, Yonkers, NY, Paterson, NJ, Elizabeth, NJ, Clifton, NJ, New Rochelle, NY, Bayonne, NJ, Mount Vernon, NY, East Orange, NJ, Passaic, NJ, Union City, NJ, Hempstead, NY, Hoboken, NJ, Perth Amboy, NJ, West New York, NJ, Sayreville, NJ, Hackensack, NJ, Linden, NJ, Freeport, NY, Kearny, NJ, Fort Lee, NJ, Valley Stream, NY, Fair Lawn, NJ, Long Beach, NY, Garfield, NJ, Westfield, NJ, Rahway, NJ, Englewood, NJ, Bergenfield, NJ, Glen Cove, NY, Paramus, NJ, Ridgewood, NJ, Lodi, NJ, Cliffside Park, NJ, Carteret, NJ, Rockville Centre, NY, White Plains, NY, Spring Valley, NY, Harrison, NY, Port Chester, NY, Ossining, NY, Peekskill, NY, Kiryas Joel, NY, Middletown, NY, Newburgh, NY, Lindenhurst, NY: the same nearby places.
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to New York?
The closest place we follow is New York City, 8 miles away, for fall foliage, usually well under way by mid-October (statewide). Bombay Hook (126 mi) is the pick for wildflowers, Apr 1–May 31 (local timing). New York sits close to sea level, at about 57 feet. New York usually sees its last spring frost around Apr 1 and its first fall frost around Nov 19, a frost-free stretch of about 232 days at the Ny Ave V Brooklyn weather station (5.2 mi). About 5 weeks pass between first leaf and first bloom here. The USA-NPN spring index puts first leaf here around Mar 21 and first bloom around Apr 23. Within 150 miles we follow 9 places, out to Fort River Division 135 miles to the northeast. Statewide, New York's fall color is usually well under way by mid-October.
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)
New York's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~Apr 1 to ~Nov 19
- First leaf ~Mar 21
- First bloom ~Apr 23
- Fall color under way ~Oct 20 (NY)
- Today
Near New York 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 Nov 19 · last spring frost around Apr 1NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Ny Ave V Brooklyn (5.2 mi, 50% dates)~7 weeks
- Fall foliage · New York City · 8 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
New York's nature year
- Spring green-upMar
- Wildflowers · Bombay HookApr–May
- Last spring frostApr
- Fall color (NY)Oct
- First fall frostNov
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- New York City · 8 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
- Bear Mountain and West Point · 45 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
- Delaware Water Gap · 67 miStatewide: usually well under way by late October~3 weeks
Wildflowers
- Bombay Hook · 126 miLocal timing: Apr 1–May 31~6 months
Snow in New York
Snow usually becomes possible around Jan 2 (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 Ny Ave V Brooklyn (5.2 mi away): 25 inches of snow in an average year, about 5.6 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 1
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Nov 19
About 232 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Mar 21
First bloom around Apr 23
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Ny Ave V Brooklyn (5.2 mi from New York), 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 New York?
On average around Nov 19, and the last spring frost around Apr 1: about 232 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Ny Ave V Brooklyn, 5.2 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach New York?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Mar 21 and first bloom around Apr 23, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near New York?
New York City, 8 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October); Bear Mountain and West Point, 45 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October); Delaware Water Gap, 67 miles (statewide: usually well under way by late October). Distances are straight-line.
Where can I see wildflowers near New York?
Bombay Hook, 126 miles (local timing: Apr 1–May 31). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in New York?
Snow usually becomes possible around Jan 2: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Ny Ave V Brooklyn. An average year brings 25 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)