Fulton, NY 13069 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fulton, NY, ZIP 13069
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 165 frost-free days later.
Fulton sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Fulton has about 7 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.
The actual range around Fulton's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fulton compares
About 165 days separate Fulton's last and first frost, putting it 30,526 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 877 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Fulton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fulton's dates instead of trusting one.