Geneseo, NY 14533 Frost Dates
Geneseo, NY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 162 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Geneseo in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 7 weeks until Geneseo's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Geneseo's last frost
05/02 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 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Geneseo against the rest of the dataset
Geneseo's growing season runs about 162 days, ranking 31,705 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,010 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14533's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Geneseo's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Geneseo's dates instead of trusting one.