Renovo, PA 17729 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Renovo, PA, ZIP 17729
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Renovo in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Renovo 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Renovo compares
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Renovo places 26,180 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 968 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Renovo's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Renovo can differ from the 17729 normal.