Alden, NY 14038 Frost Dates
Alden, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Alden 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 8 weeks until Alden's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Alden's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Alden against the rest of the dataset
Alden's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,870 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 508 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14038's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Alden can differ from the 14038 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Alden's frost date answer different questions.