Carmichaels, PA 15410 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Carmichaels, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 175 frost-free days later.
Carmichaels sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Carmichaels before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Carmichaels's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carmichaels compares
Carmichaels's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,197 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,251 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Carmichaels can differ from the 15410 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Carmichaels's frost date answer different questions.