Snow Shoe, PA 16834 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Snow Shoe, PA?
Around 05/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 258 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 142 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 Snow Shoe, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Snow Shoe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
Snow Shoe's growing season runs about 142 days, ranking 36,783 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,950 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Snow Shoe can differ from the 16834 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Snow Shoe's frost date answer different questions.