Westfield, NY 14775 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Westfield, NY, ZIP 14775
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 197 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Westfield in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Westfield has about 10 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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Westfield compares
About 197 days separate Westfield's last and first frost, putting it 18,686 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 335 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Westfield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Westfield's dates instead of trusting one.