Caledonia, NY 14511 Frost Dates
Caledonia, NY: when does the frost end?
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.
Caledonia 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Caledonia'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.
Caledonia against the rest of the dataset
Caledonia's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,405 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 945 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14511's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Caledonia's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Caledonia can differ from the 14511 normal.