Victory, NY 12871 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Victory, NY, ZIP 12871
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 158 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Victory, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Victory has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Victory compares
At roughly 158 frost-free days, Victory places 33,092 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,199 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Victory can differ from the 12871 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Victory's frost date answer different questions.