Albion, PA 16401 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Albion, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 160 frost-free days later.
Albion 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Albion before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Albion's last frost
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albion compares
About 160 days separate Albion's last and first frost, putting it 32,402 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,707 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Albion's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Albion can differ from the 16401 normal.