Fairchance, PA 15436 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fairchance, PA?
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 175 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Fairchance, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Fairchance before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fairchance'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 Fairchance compares
About 175 days separate Fairchance's last and first frost, putting it 27,000 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,188 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Fairchance's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Fairchance's dates instead of trusting one.