Wayland, NY 14529 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wayland, NY, ZIP 14529
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 163 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Wayland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Wayland 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
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wayland compares
About 163 days separate Wayland's last and first frost, putting it 31,415 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 949 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wayland can differ from the 14529 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Wayland's frost date answer different questions.