Jackson Center, PA 16133 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jackson Center, PA, ZIP 16133
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/15, about 260 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/03, about 140 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jackson Center in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Jackson Center has about 5 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Jackson Center's last frost
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jackson Center compares
About 140 days separate Jackson Center's last and first frost, putting it 37,177 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 2,039 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Jackson Center's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Jackson Center can differ from the 16133 normal.