Cooperstown, PA 16317 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cooperstown, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 175 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 Cooperstown, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Cooperstown 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 Cooperstown compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Cooperstown places 27,201 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,254 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Cooperstown can differ from the 16317 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Cooperstown's frost date answer different questions.