Shamokin, PA 17881 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Shamokin, PA, ZIP 17881
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 166 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
Zone 6b around Shamokin has about 7 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.
The actual range around Shamokin's last frost
04/30 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. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shamokin compares
About 166 days separate Shamokin's last and first frost, putting it 30,358 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,529 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Shamokin's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Shamokin's dates instead of trusting one.