Arcade, NY 14082 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Arcade, NY, ZIP 14082
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 156 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
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arcade compares
About 156 days separate Arcade's last and first frost, putting it 33,671 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,316 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 14082 normal.