Massena, NY 13662 Frost Dates
Massena, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 144 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 Massena, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Massena's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/27 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.
Massena against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 144 frost-free days, Massena places 36,347 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,698 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13662's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 4b and Massena's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Massena's dates instead of trusting one.