Little Falls, NY 13365 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Little Falls, NY, ZIP 13365
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Little Falls in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Little Falls 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.
Why 05/05 isn't a guarantee
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 Little Falls compares
About 151 days separate Little Falls's last and first frost, putting it 35,013 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,529 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Little Falls's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Little Falls can differ from the 13365 normal.