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Perryopolis, PA 15492 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Perryopolis, PA?

Zone 6b

Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 164 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Perryopolis in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 7 weeks of growing season left in Perryopolis before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Perryopolis's last frost

05/01 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. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Perryopolis compares

At roughly 164 frost-free days, Perryopolis places 31,013 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,588 of 2,088.

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