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Last and first frost dates in Syracuse

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Syracuse had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Syracuse

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °C27 March
18 °C29 April

Frost dates near Syracuse

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Messina (25 January) and latest in Cosenza (10 April).

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Catania50 km26 January—
Reggio Calabria119 km27 February19 December
Messina126 km25 January—
Palermo206 km23 February23 December
Cosenza261 km10 April30 November

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Syracuse

Within 15 km of Syracuse OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 18 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Il Giardino delle Strelitzie, 4 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Syracuse by month

Average weather in Syracuse over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (22.7–31.5 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (31.5 °C) and August (31.1 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 8.4 °C. About 595 mm of rain falls in a year, on 74 days; October is the wettest month (127 mm) and July the driest (7 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January14.78.4507
February15.38.7736
March16.79.9618
April18.912286
May22.715.3316
June28.220.5133
July31.523.371
August31.123.5143
September27.620.8478
October23.517.11278
November19.613.69010
December16.110.1548

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).