Wellsburg, NY 14894 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wellsburg, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 158 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 Wellsburg, not a forecast for this year.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 158 frost-free days, Wellsburg places 33,110 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 1,202 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 14894 normal.