Cresson, PA 16630 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cresson, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Cresson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Cresson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cresson's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cresson compares
About 176 days separate Cresson's last and first frost, putting it 26,512 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,056 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cresson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cresson can differ from the 16630 normal.