Newell, PA 15466 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Newell, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 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 Newell, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Newell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Newell's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Newell compares
About 170 days separate Newell's last and first frost, putting it 29,190 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,501 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Newell's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Newell's dates instead of trusting one.