Solvay, NY 13219 Frost Dates
13219, near Solvay, NY: the frost window
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Solvay 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
Solvay's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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.
Solvay against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 173 frost-free days, Solvay places 27,845 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 641 of 1,951.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 13219: the frost range, on how to read the range around Solvay's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Solvay can differ from the 13219 normal.