Rimersburg, PA 16248 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Rimersburg, PA?
Around 05/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 255 days away. 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 Rimersburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Rimersburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Rimersburg's last frost
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 Rimersburg compares
Rimersburg's growing season runs about 155 days, ranking 34,045 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,797 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Rimersburg's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Rimersburg's dates instead of trusting one.