The climate in my country (Switzerland) is not too far removed from NY, and I'm pretty sure the harvest date will be there or thereabouts the 'official' distributor date. As I said before, YOU are the judge based on your knowledge of cloudy trichomes etc. It aint that difficult when you have a decent magnifier to observe the trichomes. In any case don't panic...plants that are ready have that 'done' look. You'll see it....good luck.