Nunda, NY 14836 Frost Dates
Nunda, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 163 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nunda 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
With roughly 7 weeks until Nunda'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
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Nunda against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Nunda places 31,449 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NY, it ranks 971 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14836's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Nunda's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Nunda can differ from the 14836 normal.