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Cassville, PA 17052 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Cassville, PA, ZIP 17052

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.

Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Cassville, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 6b around Cassville has about 8 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 Cassville's last frost

04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Cassville compares

Cassville's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,294 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,009 of 2,088.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Cassville can differ from the 17052 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cassville's frost date answer different questions.