Blasdell, NY 14261 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Blasdell, NY?
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.
Blasdell sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Blasdell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Blasdell'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 Blasdell compares
Blasdell's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,640 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,294 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Blasdell's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Blasdell's dates instead of trusting one.