Lodi, NY 14860 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lodi, NY?
Around 05/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 255 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 150 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Lodi, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Lodi before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/10 isn't a guarantee
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 Lodi compares
At roughly 150 frost-free days, Lodi places 35,412 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,596 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Lodi's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Lodi can differ from the 14860 normal.