Evans Mills, NY 13637 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Evans Mills, NY, ZIP 13637
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 163 frost-free days later.
Evans Mills sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5a around Evans Mills 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.
Why 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Evans Mills compares
About 163 days separate Evans Mills's last and first frost, putting it 31,500 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 991 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Evans Mills's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Evans Mills can differ from the 13637 normal.