Skaneateles, NY 13153 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Skaneateles, NY, ZIP 13153
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 173 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Skaneateles, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Skaneateles 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 Skaneateles's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Skaneateles compares
Skaneateles's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 27,921 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 663 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Skaneateles can differ from the 13153 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Skaneateles's frost date answer different questions.