Oxford, NY 13830 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Oxford, NY, ZIP 13830
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 142 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oxford in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Oxford has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Oxford's last frost
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oxford compares
At roughly 142 frost-free days, Oxford places 36,760 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,768 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Oxford can differ from the 13830 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Oxford's frost date answer different questions.