Shamokin, PA 17836 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shamokin, PA?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shamokin in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Shamokin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Shamokin'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 Shamokin compares
About 172 days separate Shamokin's last and first frost, putting it 28,256 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,343 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Shamokin's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Shamokin can differ from the 17836 normal.