Clinton, NY 13341 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clinton, NY, ZIP 13341
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 157 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Clinton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Clinton 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.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 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 Clinton compares
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Clinton places 33,351 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,237 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Clinton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Clinton's dates instead of trusting one.