Adams, NY 13659 Frost Dates
Adams, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 163 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Adams in Zone 4b (-25 to -20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Adams's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 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 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Adams against the rest of the dataset
Adams's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,422 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 955 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13659's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Adams can differ from the 13659 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Adams's frost date answer different questions.