Townville, PA 16327 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Townville, 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.
Townville 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 Townville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Townville's last frost
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 Townville compares
Townville's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,218 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,261 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Townville can differ from the 16327 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Townville's frost date answer different questions.