Waterville, NY 13455 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Waterville, NY, ZIP 13455
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 145 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 Waterville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Waterville 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.
The actual range around Waterville's last frost
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waterville compares
About 145 days separate Waterville's last and first frost, putting it 36,224 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,671 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Waterville can differ from the 13455 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Waterville's frost date answer different questions.