Galeton, PA 16921 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Galeton, PA?
Around 05/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 259 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 143 frost-free days later.
Galeton 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 5 weeks of growing season left in Galeton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Galeton's last frost
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Galeton compares
At roughly 143 frost-free days, Galeton places 36,565 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,934 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Galeton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Galeton can differ from the 16921 normal.