Dundee, NY 14841 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dundee, NY, ZIP 14841
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 150 frost-free days later.
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 Dundee, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Dundee has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dundee compares
Dundee's growing season runs about 150 days, ranking 35,317 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,581 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Dundee's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Dundee can differ from the 14841 normal.