Syracuse, NY 13244 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Syracuse, NY, ZIP 13244
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 173 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Syracuse 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Syracuse compares
About 173 days separate Syracuse's last and first frost, putting it 27,680 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 627 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Syracuse's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Syracuse's dates instead of trusting one.