Manns Choice, PA 15550 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Manns Choice, PA, ZIP 15550
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 frost-free days later.
Manns Choice 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
Zone 6b around Manns Choice has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Manns Choice's last frost
05/04 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 Manns Choice compares
Manns Choice's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,133 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,754 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Manns Choice's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Manns Choice's dates instead of trusting one.