Pleasantville, PA 16420 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pleasantville, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/22, roughly 267 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 131 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pleasantville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Pleasantville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pleasantville's last frost
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 Pleasantville compares
About 131 days separate Pleasantville's last and first frost, putting it 38,313 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 2,076 of 2,088.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Pleasantville can differ from the 16420 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Pleasantville's frost date answer different questions.