Savona, NY 14879 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Savona, NY, ZIP 14879
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/12, roughly 257 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 144 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Savona in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Savona has about 5 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
05/12 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. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Savona compares
About 144 days separate Savona's last and first frost, putting it 36,425 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,727 of 1,951.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Savona can differ from the 14879 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Savona's frost date answer different questions.