Now that the final snow events of the winter season are (for the most part) behind us, folks are now transitioning into warm season operations. And as the winter and spring season can still battle it out, the next few weeks can be especially frustrating for landscapers and gardeners, especially in the Northeast and New England. Mother Nature often “tricks” sprouting flowers with warm and sunny days only to be followed by a hard freeze at night. However, by definition, the growing season does not officially begin until we have experienced the last freeze. Here is a look at the average "final freeze" dates along the I-95 corridor.
Of course, these dates are just an average so to get a better date range of the final freeze, we’ve also included the following table. This shows the all-time latest date these cities have fallen to or even below the freezing mark.