Silver Creek, NY 14136 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Silver Creek, NY, ZIP 14136
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Silver Creek in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Silver Creek 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
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Silver Creek compares
About 167 days separate Silver Creek's last and first frost, putting it 30,006 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 856 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Silver Creek can differ from the 14136 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Silver Creek's frost date answer different questions.