Bolivar, PA 15923 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bolivar, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 frost-free days later.
Bolivar 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 Bolivar before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bolivar'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 Bolivar compares
Bolivar's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,608 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,088 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bolivar's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bolivar can differ from the 15923 normal.