Livonia, NY 14558 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Livonia, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/03, roughly 248 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 163 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 Livonia, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Livonia before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Livonia's last frost
05/03 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. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Livonia compares
Livonia's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,429 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 958 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Livonia can differ from the 14558 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Livonia's frost date answer different questions.