Cleveland, NY 13042 Frost Dates
Cleveland, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cleveland in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Cleveland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cleveland against the rest of the dataset
About 173 days separate Cleveland's last and first frost, putting it 28,028 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 677 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13042's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Cleveland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Cleveland can differ from the 13042 normal.