Fairport, NY 14450 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fairport, NY, ZIP 14450
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 167 frost-free days later.
Fairport 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 Fairport 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
05/02 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 Fairport compares
About 167 days separate Fairport's last and first frost, putting it 29,949 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 847 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fairport can differ from the 14450 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Fairport's frost date answer different questions.