Eldred, PA 16745 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Eldred, PA?
Around 05/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 252 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/11, about 156 frost-free days later.
Eldred sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Eldred before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Eldred's last frost
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eldred compares
About 156 days separate Eldred's last and first frost, putting it 33,754 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,768 of 2,088.
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