Batavia, NY 14020 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Batavia, NY, ZIP 14020
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/03, roughly 248 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 165 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 Batavia, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Batavia has about 7 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
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Batavia compares
Batavia's growing season runs about 165 days, ranking 30,514 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 875 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Batavia can differ from the 14020 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Batavia's frost date answer different questions.