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Cassville, PA 16622 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Cassville, PA, ZIP 16622

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cassville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Cassville 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Cassville compares

Cassville's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,291 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,006 of 2,088.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cassville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cassville's dates instead of trusting one.