Red Creek, NY 13143 Frost Dates
Red Creek, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Red Creek in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 9 weeks until Red Creek's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Red Creek against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Red Creek places 22,558 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 452 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13143's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Red Creek's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Red Creek can differ from the 13143 normal.