Shelocta, PA 15774 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shelocta, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 171 frost-free days later.
Shelocta 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Shelocta before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Shelocta'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 Shelocta compares
About 171 days separate Shelocta's last and first frost, putting it 28,854 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,454 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Shelocta can differ from the 15774 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Shelocta's frost date answer different questions.