Sodus, NY 14551 Frost Dates
Sodus, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 158 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Sodus, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Sodus'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
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sodus against the rest of the dataset
Sodus's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,016 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,181 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14551's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Sodus's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Sodus's dates instead of trusting one.