East Aurora, NY 14052 Frost Dates
East Aurora, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 155 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts East Aurora 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 6 weeks until East Aurora's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around East Aurora's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/25 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.
East Aurora against the rest of the dataset
East Aurora's growing season runs about 155 days, ranking 33,948 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,374 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14052's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in East Aurora can differ from the 14052 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and East Aurora's frost date answer different questions.