Sherman, NY 14724 Frost Dates
Sherman, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
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 Sherman, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Sherman'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
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.
Sherman against the rest of the dataset
About 197 days separate Sherman's last and first frost, putting it 18,751 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 339 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14724's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Sherman can differ from the 14724 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Sherman's frost date answer different questions.