North Syracuse, NY 13212 Frost Dates
North Syracuse, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
North Syracuse sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until North Syracuse's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
North Syracuse against the rest of the dataset
About 173 days separate North Syracuse's last and first frost, putting it 27,835 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 633 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13212's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in North Syracuse can differ from the 13212 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and North Syracuse's frost date answer different questions.