East Aurora, NY 14145 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Aurora, NY, ZIP 14145
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 155 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts East Aurora in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around East Aurora 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.
Why 05/07 isn't a guarantee
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Aurora compares
About 155 days separate East Aurora's last and first frost, putting it 33,951 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,377 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and East Aurora's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around East Aurora's dates instead of trusting one.