Bloomfield, NY 14443 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bloomfield, NY, ZIP 14443
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bloomfield in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Bloomfield 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.
The actual range around Bloomfield's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bloomfield compares
About 167 days separate Bloomfield's last and first frost, putting it 30,065 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 865 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Bloomfield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bloomfield's dates instead of trusting one.