Gainesville, NY 14113 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gainesville, NY?
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 156 frost-free days later.
Gainesville sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Gainesville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gainesville's last frost
05/07 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. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gainesville compares
About 156 days separate Gainesville's last and first frost, putting it 33,842 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,367 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gainesville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gainesville can differ from the 14113 normal.