East Aurora, NY 14170 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Aurora, NY, ZIP 14170
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 156 frost-free days later.
East Aurora sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a 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.
The actual range around East Aurora's last frost
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 East Aurora compares
East Aurora's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,568 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,274 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around East Aurora's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in East Aurora can differ from the 14170 normal.