Churchville, NY 14514 Frost Dates
Churchville, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 181 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Churchville 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 Churchville'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
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Churchville against the rest of the dataset
Churchville's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,556 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 586 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14514's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Churchville can differ from the 14514 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Churchville's frost date answer different questions.