Sodus Point, NY 14520 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sodus Point, NY, ZIP 14520
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 frost-free days later.
Sodus Point 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 Sodus Point 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.
The actual range around Sodus Point's last frost
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 Sodus Point compares
About 158 days separate Sodus Point's last and first frost, putting it 33,081 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,194 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Sodus Point can differ from the 14520 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Sodus Point's frost date answer different questions.