Cranesville, PA 16410 Frost Dates
Cranesville, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 160 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cranesville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Cranesville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cranesville against the rest of the dataset
About 160 days separate Cranesville's last and first frost, putting it 32,478 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,713 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 16410's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Cranesville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Cranesville's dates instead of trusting one.