Springville, NY 14171 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Springville, NY, ZIP 14171
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/14, about 259 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 144 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Springville 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 Springville 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 Springville's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Springville compares
Springville's growing season runs about 144 days, ranking 36,363 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,701 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Springville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Springville can differ from the 14171 normal.