Geneva, NY 14456 Frost Dates
Geneva, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Geneva 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
With roughly 8 weeks until Geneva'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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Geneva against the rest of the dataset
Geneva's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 26,789 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 601 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14456's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Geneva's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Geneva's dates instead of trusting one.