Manlius, NY 13104 Frost Dates
Manlius, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. 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 Manlius 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 Manlius's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Manlius's last frost
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.
Manlius against the rest of the dataset
Manlius's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 27,880 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 654 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13104's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Manlius's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Manlius can differ from the 13104 normal.