Clyde, NY 14542 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clyde, NY, ZIP 14542
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. 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 Clyde, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Clyde 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 Clyde compares
At roughly 158 frost-free days, Clyde places 33,000 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,173 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Clyde's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Clyde can differ from the 14542 normal.