Shinglehouse, PA 14754 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shinglehouse, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 163 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Shinglehouse, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Shinglehouse before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shinglehouse compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Shinglehouse places 31,454 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,648 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Shinglehouse can differ from the 14754 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Shinglehouse's frost date answer different questions.