Little Valley, NY 14772 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Little Valley, NY, ZIP 14772
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/17, roughly 262 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 136 frost-free days later.
Little Valley sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Little Valley 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 37,721 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,828 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Little Valley's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Little Valley's dates instead of trusting one.