Waddington, NY 13658 Frost Dates
Waddington, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 162 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 Waddington, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Waddington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waddington against the rest of the dataset
Waddington's growing season runs about 162 days, ranking 31,805 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,026 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13658's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Waddington can differ from the 13658 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Waddington's frost date answer different questions.