Panama, NY 14767 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Panama, NY, ZIP 14767
Around 05/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 267 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 131 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Panama in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Panama has about 5 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.
The actual range around Panama's last frost
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Panama compares
At roughly 131 frost-free days, Panama places 38,325 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,907 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Panama can differ from the 14767 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Panama's frost date answer different questions.