Port Carbon, PA 17965 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Port Carbon, PA, ZIP 17965
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 175 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Port Carbon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Port Carbon has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Port Carbon compares
About 175 days separate Port Carbon's last and first frost, putting it 27,001 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,189 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Port Carbon can differ from the 17965 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Port Carbon's frost date answer different questions.