Snow Shoe, PA 16874 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Snow Shoe, PA?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 187 frost-free days later.
Snow Shoe sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 8 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
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Snow Shoe compares
About 187 days separate Snow Shoe's last and first frost, putting it 22,525 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 618 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Snow Shoe's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Snow Shoe's dates instead of trusting one.