Niagara Falls, NY 14301 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Niagara Falls, NY, ZIP 14301
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 167 frost-free days later.
Niagara Falls 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 Niagara Falls has about 7 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
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Niagara Falls compares
About 167 days separate Niagara Falls's last and first frost, putting it 29,859 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 838 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Niagara Falls can differ from the 14301 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Niagara Falls's frost date answer different questions.