Little Valley, NY 14730 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Little Valley, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/17, about 262 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 136 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 Little Valley, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Little Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Little Valley's last frost
05/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Little Valley compares
About 136 days separate Little Valley's last and first frost, putting it 37,719 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,826 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Little Valley can differ from the 14730 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Little Valley's frost date answer different questions.