Dansville, NY 14437 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dansville, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 170 frost-free days later.
Dansville sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 7 weeks of growing season left in Dansville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dansville's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dansville compares
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Dansville places 28,997 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 755 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Dansville can differ from the 14437 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Dansville's frost date answer different questions.