Adams, NY 13682 Frost Dates
Adams, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 163 days after the last spring frost.
Adams sits in USDA Zone 4b (-25 to -20°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 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 31,423 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 956 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13682's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Adams's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Adams can differ from the 13682 normal.