Wolcott, NY 14516 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wolcott, NY, ZIP 14516
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 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 Wolcott, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Wolcott has about 6 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.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 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. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wolcott compares
Wolcott's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,025 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,183 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Wolcott's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wolcott's dates instead of trusting one.