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Tremont, PA 17938 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Tremont, PA?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 172 frost-free days later.

Tremont 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 Tremont 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

04/27 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 Tremont compares

At roughly 172 frost-free days, Tremont places 28,363 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,369 of 2,088.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Tremont's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Tremont can differ from the 17938 normal.