Granville, NY 05761 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Granville, NY, ZIP 05761
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/16, roughly 261 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/02, about 140 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Granville in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5a around Granville has about 5 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
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Granville compares
About 140 days separate Granville's last and first frost, putting it 37,058 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,795 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Granville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Granville's dates instead of trusting one.