Tidioute, PA 16351 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tidioute, PA, ZIP 16351
Around 05/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 267 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 131 frost-free days later.
Tidioute 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
Zone 6a around Tidioute 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tidioute compares
About 131 days separate Tidioute's last and first frost, putting it 38,319 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 2,078 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tidioute's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tidioute can differ from the 16351 normal.