Franklinville, NY 14777 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Franklinville, NY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 144 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Franklinville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Franklinville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Franklinville compares
About 144 days separate Franklinville's last and first frost, putting it 36,384 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,710 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Franklinville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Franklinville can differ from the 14777 normal.