Brockport, NY 14420 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brockport, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 187 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 Brockport, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Brockport before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brockport compares
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Brockport places 22,340 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 439 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Brockport's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Brockport can differ from the 14420 normal.