Batavia, NY 14021 Frost Dates
Batavia, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Batavia in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Batavia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Batavia's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Batavia against the rest of the dataset
Batavia's growing season runs about 165 days, ranking 30,515 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 876 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14021's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Batavia can differ from the 14021 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Batavia's frost date answer different questions.