Lacona, NY 13083 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lacona, NY, ZIP 13083
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 156 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Lacona, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Lacona 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 Lacona's last frost
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lacona compares
Lacona's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,764 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,339 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lacona can differ from the 13083 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Lacona's frost date answer different questions.