Jersey Shore, PA 17720 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jersey Shore, PA, ZIP 17720
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 180 frost-free days later.
Jersey Shore sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b around Jersey Shore 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.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 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 Jersey Shore compares
Jersey Shore's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 24,860 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 849 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Jersey Shore's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Jersey Shore's dates instead of trusting one.