Trumansburg, NY 14886 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Trumansburg, NY, ZIP 14886
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 Trumansburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Trumansburg 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
05/10 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 Trumansburg compares
Trumansburg's growing season runs about 150 days, ranking 35,312 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,578 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Trumansburg can differ from the 14886 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Trumansburg's frost date answer different questions.