Hunker, PA 15679 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hunker, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 164 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hunker 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 Hunker before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hunker'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 Hunker compares
At roughly 164 frost-free days, Hunker places 31,180 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,622 of 2,088.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Hunker can differ from the 15679 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Hunker's frost date answer different questions.