Le Roy, NY 14486 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Le Roy, NY, ZIP 14486
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 162 frost-free days later.
Le Roy sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Le Roy 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 Le Roy's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 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 Le Roy compares
At roughly 162 frost-free days, Le Roy places 31,722 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,013 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Le Roy can differ from the 14486 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Le Roy's frost date answer different questions.