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Blasdell, NY 14265 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Blasdell, NY?

Zone 6b

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.

Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Blasdell, not a forecast for this year.

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.

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 33,642 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,296 of 1,951.

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local microclimates covers what one yard in Blasdell can differ from the 14265 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Blasdell's frost date answer different questions.