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Glen Campbell, PA 15741 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Glen Campbell, PA?

Zone 6a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/10, roughly 255 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 155 frost-free days later.

Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Glen Campbell, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 6 weeks of growing season left in Glen Campbell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Glen Campbell compares

At roughly 155 frost-free days, Glen Campbell places 34,138 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,837 of 2,088.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Glen Campbell's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Glen Campbell can differ from the 15741 normal.