Orchard Park, NY 14033 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Orchard Park, NY?
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 156 frost-free days later.
Orchard Park 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Orchard Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/07 isn't a guarantee
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 Orchard Park compares
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Orchard Park places 33,621 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,281 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Orchard Park's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Orchard Park's dates instead of trusting one.