Canastota, NY 13032 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Canastota, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 156 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Canastota, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Canastota before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Canastota's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 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 Canastota compares
Canastota's growing season runs about 156 days, ranking 33,581 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,275 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Canastota's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Canastota's dates instead of trusting one.