Masontown, PA 15463 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Masontown, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/28, about 243 days from today. 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 Masontown, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Masontown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/28 isn't a guarantee
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 Masontown compares
About 175 days separate Masontown's last and first frost, putting it 26,934 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,161 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Masontown's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Masontown's dates instead of trusting one.