FrostDateCheck

Avon, NY 14414 Frost Dates

Avon, NY: when does the frost end?

Zone 6a

Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 163 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Avon 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 Avon's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

How much risk comes with planting early here

05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Avon against the rest of the dataset

Avon's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,390 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 940 of 1,951.

Learn more

Before leaning on 14414's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Avon's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Avon can differ from the 14414 normal.