North East, PA 16428 Frost Dates
North East, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
North East 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until North East'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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
North East against the rest of the dataset
North East's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,677 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 365 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 16428's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in North East can differ from the 16428 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and North East's frost date answer different questions.