Arcade, NY 14030 Frost Dates
Arcade, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Arcade in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 6 weeks until Arcade's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/07 isn't a guarantee
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Arcade against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Arcade places 33,670 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,315 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14030's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Arcade can differ from the 14030 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Arcade's frost date answer different questions.