Blasdell, NY 14151 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blasdell, NY, ZIP 14151
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 156 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Blasdell, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Blasdell 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 04/24 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 Blasdell compares
About 156 days separate Blasdell's last and first frost, putting it 33,633 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,287 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Blasdell's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Blasdell can differ from the 14151 normal.