Kenmore, NY 14214 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kenmore, NY, ZIP 14214
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 183 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Kenmore, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Kenmore has about 8 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
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kenmore compares
Kenmore's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,787 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 486 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Kenmore's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Kenmore's dates instead of trusting one.