Yorkville, NY 13495 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Yorkville, NY, ZIP 13495
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 157 frost-free days later.
Yorkville sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Yorkville 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Yorkville compares
About 157 days separate Yorkville's last and first frost, putting it 33,325 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,221 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Yorkville can differ from the 13495 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Yorkville's frost date answer different questions.