Blasdell, NY 14263 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blasdell, NY, ZIP 14263
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
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 156 frost-free days, Blasdell places 33,641 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,295 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 14263 normal.