Conneaut Lake, PA 16111 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Conneaut Lake, PA?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 175 frost-free days later.
Conneaut Lake sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Conneaut Lake 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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Conneaut Lake compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Conneaut Lake places 27,147 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,239 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Conneaut Lake's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Conneaut Lake can differ from the 16111 normal.