Hilton, NY 14602 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hilton, NY, ZIP 14602
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 181 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 Hilton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Hilton 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 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hilton compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Hilton places 24,505 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 567 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hilton can differ from the 14602 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Hilton's frost date answer different questions.