Coal Center, PA 15419 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Coal Center, PA?
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.
Coal Center 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Coal Center before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Coal Center compares
At roughly 164 frost-free days, Coal Center places 31,243 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,635 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Coal Center's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Coal Center can differ from the 15419 normal.