Kenmore, NY 14217 Frost Dates
14217, near Kenmore, NY: the frost window
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kenmore in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Kenmore's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kenmore against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Kenmore places 23,789 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 488 of 1,951.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 14217: local microclimates, on what one yard in Kenmore can differ from the 14217 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6b and Kenmore's frost date answer different questions.