Phelps, NY 14518 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Phelps, NY, ZIP 14518
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 175 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Phelps in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Phelps has about 8 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 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Phelps compares
About 175 days separate Phelps's last and first frost, putting it 26,993 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 607 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Phelps's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Phelps's dates instead of trusting one.