Pittsford, NY 14618 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pittsford, NY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 181 frost-free days later.
Pittsford sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Pittsford before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pittsford's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pittsford compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Pittsford places 24,621 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 591 of 1,951.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Pittsford can differ from the 14618 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Pittsford's frost date answer different questions.