Bath, NY 14810 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bath, NY, ZIP 14810
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/12, about 257 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 144 frost-free days later.
Bath 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 Bath 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
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bath compares
Bath's growing season runs about 144 days, ranking 36,359 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,699 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Bath's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bath's dates instead of trusting one.