Dryden, NY 14817 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dryden, NY?
Around 05/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 256 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 145 frost-free days later.
Dryden 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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Dryden before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 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 Dryden compares
About 145 days separate Dryden's last and first frost, putting it 36,215 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,666 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Dryden's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Dryden's dates instead of trusting one.