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Cokeburg, PA 15360 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Cokeburg, PA?

Zone 6b

Around 05/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 248 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 164 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cokeburg 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Cokeburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Cokeburg's last frost

05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 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 Cokeburg compares

About 164 days separate Cokeburg's last and first frost, putting it 31,110 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,598 of 2,088.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Cokeburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cokeburg can differ from the 15360 normal.