Lakewood, NY 14742 Frost Dates
14742, near Lakewood, NY: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/22, about 267 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/30, roughly 131 days after the last spring frost.
Lakewood sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Lakewood's growing season runs out in roughly 5 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/22 isn't a guarantee
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lakewood against the rest of the dataset
Lakewood's growing season runs about 131 days, ranking 38,273 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,901 of 1,951.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 14742: local microclimates, on what one yard in Lakewood can differ from the 14742 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Lakewood's frost date answer different questions.