Geneseo, NY 14592 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Geneseo, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 162 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 Geneseo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Geneseo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Geneseo's last frost
05/02 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 Geneseo compares
About 162 days separate Geneseo's last and first frost, putting it 31,706 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,011 of 1,951.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Geneseo's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Geneseo's dates instead of trusting one.