Syracuse, NY 13207 Frost Dates
Syracuse, 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 Syracuse 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 7 weeks until Syracuse's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
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.
Syracuse against the rest of the dataset
Syracuse's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 27,676 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 623 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13207's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Syracuse can differ from the 13207 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Syracuse's frost date answer different questions.