Snow Shoe, PA 16829 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Snow Shoe, PA, ZIP 16829
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 Snow Shoe 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 Snow Shoe 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 Snow Shoe compares
About 142 days separate Snow Shoe's last and first frost, putting it 36,782 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,949 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Snow Shoe can differ from the 16829 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Snow Shoe's frost date answer different questions.