Utica, NY 13501 Frost Dates
Utica, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
Utica 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Utica's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Utica against the rest of the dataset
About 161 days separate Utica's last and first frost, putting it 31,936 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,038 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13501's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Utica can differ from the 13501 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Utica's frost date answer different questions.