Blasdell, NY 14010 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blasdell, NY, ZIP 14010
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 156 frost-free days later.
Blasdell sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Blasdell has about 6 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blasdell compares
About 156 days separate Blasdell's last and first frost, putting it 33,631 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,285 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Blasdell can differ from the 14010 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Blasdell's frost date answer different questions.