Clayville, NY 13318 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clayville, NY, ZIP 13318
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 151 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 Clayville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Clayville has about 5 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
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clayville compares
About 151 days separate Clayville's last and first frost, putting it 35,156 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,559 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Clayville can differ from the 13318 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Clayville's frost date answer different questions.