Blasdell, NY 14219 Frost Dates
Blasdell, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blasdell in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Blasdell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Blasdell against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Blasdell places 33,635 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,289 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14219's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Blasdell's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Blasdell can differ from the 14219 normal.