Nichols, NY 13734 Frost Dates
Nichols, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 157 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Nichols, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Nichols'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
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Nichols against the rest of the dataset
Nichols's growing season runs about 157 days, ranking 33,426 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,256 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 13734's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Nichols can differ from the 13734 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Nichols's frost date answer different questions.