Avonmore, PA 15680 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Avonmore, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 171 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Avonmore 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Avonmore before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Avonmore's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Avonmore compares
At roughly 171 frost-free days, Avonmore places 28,743 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,436 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Avonmore's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Avonmore's dates instead of trusting one.