Bemus Point, NY 14712 Frost Dates
14712, near Bemus Point, NY: the frost window
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bemus Point in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Bemus Point's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bemus Point against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Bemus Point places 18,813 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 341 of 1,951.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 14712: local microclimates, on what one yard in Bemus Point can differ from the 14712 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Bemus Point's frost date answer different questions.