Towanda, PA 16910 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Towanda, PA, ZIP 16910
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 165 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Towanda 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 Towanda has about 7 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.
The actual range around Towanda's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Towanda compares
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Towanda places 30,585 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,537 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Towanda can differ from the 16910 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Towanda's frost date answer different questions.