McConnellsburg, PA 17238 Frost Dates
When can you plant in McConnellsburg, PA?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 209 frost-free days later.
McConnellsburg sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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 10 weeks of growing season left in McConnellsburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around McConnellsburg's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How McConnellsburg compares
About 209 days separate McConnellsburg's last and first frost, putting it 15,321 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 98 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around McConnellsburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in McConnellsburg can differ from the 17238 normal.