Wilson, NY 14126 Frost Dates
Wilson, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
Wilson 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Wilson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wilson against the rest of the dataset
About 182 days separate Wilson's last and first frost, putting it 24,214 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 532 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14126's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wilson can differ from the 14126 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Wilson's frost date answer different questions.