Richfield Springs, NY 13468 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Richfield Springs, NY, ZIP 13468
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Richfield Springs in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around Richfield Springs has about 6 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 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Richfield Springs compares
About 152 days separate Richfield Springs's last and first frost, putting it 34,807 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,492 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Richfield Springs's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Richfield Springs's dates instead of trusting one.