Jersey Shore, PA 17740 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jersey Shore, PA?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 180 frost-free days later.
Jersey Shore sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Jersey Shore before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 180 frost-free days, Jersey Shore places 24,861 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 850 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Jersey Shore's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Jersey Shore can differ from the 17740 normal.