Canandaigua, NY 14424 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Canandaigua, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 175 frost-free days later.
Canandaigua sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Canandaigua before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Canandaigua's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Canandaigua compares
About 175 days separate Canandaigua's last and first frost, putting it 26,805 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 603 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Canandaigua's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Canandaigua's dates instead of trusting one.