Akron, PA 17540 Frost Dates
17540, near Akron, PA: the frost window
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 186 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Akron in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Akron's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/18 isn't a guarantee
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Akron against the rest of the dataset
Akron's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,797 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 662 of 2,088.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 17540: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Akron's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Akron's dates instead of trusting one.