Hawley, PA 12764 Frost Dates
12764, near Hawley, PA: the frost window
Around 05/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 257 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 146 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hawley 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
Hawley's growing season runs out in roughly 6 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/12 isn't a guarantee
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hawley against the rest of the dataset
Hawley's growing season runs about 146 days, ranking 36,062 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,926 of 2,088.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 12764: the frost range, on how to read the range around Hawley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Hawley can differ from the 12764 normal.