Dansville, NY 14545 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dansville, NY, ZIP 14545
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 170 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Dansville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Dansville has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
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
Dansville's growing season runs about 170 days, ranking 28,998 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 756 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dansville can differ from the 14545 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Dansville's frost date answer different questions.