Easton, PA 18042 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Easton, PA?
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 188 frost-free days later.
Easton sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Easton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Easton's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Easton compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Easton places 21,848 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 575 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Easton can differ from the 18042 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Easton's frost date answer different questions.