Kulpmont, PA 17834 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kulpmont, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 172 frost-free days later.
Kulpmont 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Kulpmont before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kulpmont's last frost
04/27 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. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kulpmont compares
Kulpmont's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,309 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,362 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Kulpmont's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Kulpmont's dates instead of trusting one.