Le Roy, NY 14143 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Le Roy, NY, ZIP 14143
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 165 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Le Roy in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Le Roy has about 7 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
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Le Roy compares
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Le Roy places 30,566 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 878 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Le Roy can differ from the 14143 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Le Roy's frost date answer different questions.