Ramey, PA 16680 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ramey, PA, ZIP 16680
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 142 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ramey 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 Ramey has about 5 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
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ramey compares
At roughly 142 frost-free days, Ramey places 36,797 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,956 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Ramey's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ramey can differ from the 16680 normal.