Medina, NY 14103 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Medina, NY, ZIP 14103
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.
Medina sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Medina has about 8 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
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Medina compares
Medina's growing season runs about 170 days, ranking 28,969 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 751 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Medina can differ from the 14103 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Medina's frost date answer different questions.