Hookstown, PA 15050 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hookstown, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 186 frost-free days later.
Hookstown sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Hookstown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hookstown's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hookstown compares
Hookstown's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,967 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 687 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Hookstown's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Hookstown's dates instead of trusting one.