Odessa, NY 14869 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Odessa, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 150 frost-free days later.
Odessa sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Odessa before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 35,372 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,590 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Odessa can differ from the 14869 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Odessa's frost date answer different questions.