Laurel Mountain, PA 15655 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Laurel Mountain, PA, ZIP 15655
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 164 frost-free days later.
Laurel Mountain sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Laurel Mountain has about 7 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 Laurel Mountain'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 Laurel Mountain compares
About 164 days separate Laurel Mountain's last and first frost, putting it 31,228 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,632 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Laurel Mountain's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Laurel Mountain can differ from the 15655 normal.