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Canaseraga, NY 14884 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Canaseraga, NY?

Zone 5b

Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 163 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Canaseraga 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

About 7 weeks of growing season left in Canaseraga before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Canaseraga's last frost

05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Canaseraga compares

About 163 days separate Canaseraga's last and first frost, putting it 31,515 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 995 of 1,951.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Canaseraga's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Canaseraga can differ from the 14884 normal.