Moravia, NY 13071 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Moravia, NY, ZIP 13071
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 154 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moravia in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Moravia 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.
The actual range around Moravia's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Moravia compares
At roughly 154 frost-free days, Moravia places 34,364 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,418 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Moravia can differ from the 13071 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Moravia's frost date answer different questions.