Venango, PA 16440 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Venango, PA, ZIP 16440
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 175 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Venango 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
Zone 6a around Venango has about 8 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.
The actual range around Venango's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Venango compares
Venango's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,253 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,271 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Venango's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Venango can differ from the 16440 normal.