Arcade, NY 14080 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Arcade, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 155 frost-free days later.
Arcade sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Arcade before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Arcade's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 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 Arcade compares
Arcade's growing season runs about 155 days, ranking 33,995 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,382 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Arcade's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Arcade can differ from the 14080 normal.