Millport, NY 14872 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Millport, NY, ZIP 14872
Around 05/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 254 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 151 frost-free days later.
Millport 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
Zone 6a around Millport has about 6 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
05/09 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. 05/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Millport compares
At roughly 151 frost-free days, Millport places 35,165 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,564 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Millport can differ from the 14872 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Millport's frost date answer different questions.