FrostDateCheck

Sutersville, PA 15083 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Sutersville, PA?

Zone 6b

Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sutersville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Sutersville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Sutersville's last frost

05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Sutersville compares

At roughly 170 frost-free days, Sutersville places 29,176 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,500 of 2,088.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Sutersville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sutersville can differ from the 15083 normal.