Odessa, NY 14805 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Odessa, NY, ZIP 14805
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/10, about 255 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 150 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Odessa 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 Odessa has about 6 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 Odessa's last frost
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Odessa compares
About 150 days separate Odessa's last and first frost, putting it 35,371 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,589 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Odessa can differ from the 14805 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Odessa's frost date answer different questions.