Wellsburg, NY 14861 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wellsburg, NY?
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 158 frost-free days later.
Wellsburg 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 6 weeks of growing season left in Wellsburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wellsburg compares
About 158 days separate Wellsburg's last and first frost, putting it 33,109 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,201 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Wellsburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Wellsburg can differ from the 14861 normal.