Akron, NY 14013 Frost Dates
Akron, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Akron in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Akron's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Akron's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Akron against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Akron places 30,583 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 880 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14013's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Akron can differ from the 14013 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Akron's frost date answer different questions.