Snow Shoe, PA 16859 Frost Dates
Snow Shoe, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 142 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Snow Shoe's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Snow Shoe against the rest of the dataset
About 142 days separate Snow Shoe's last and first frost, putting it 36,785 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,952 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 16859's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Snow Shoe's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Snow Shoe can differ from the 16859 normal.