Kane, PA 16735 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kane, PA, ZIP 16735
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/18, roughly 263 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 136 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kane in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around Kane 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.
The actual range around Kane's last frost
05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kane compares
Kane's growing season runs about 136 days, ranking 37,684 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 2,050 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Kane can differ from the 16735 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Kane's frost date answer different questions.