Arcade, NY 14060 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Arcade, NY, ZIP 14060
Around 05/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 259 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 144 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Arcade has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 05/14 isn't a guarantee
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arcade compares
At roughly 144 frost-free days, Arcade places 36,376 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,704 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Arcade's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Arcade can differ from the 14060 normal.