McAdoo, PA 18254 Frost Dates
When can you plant in McAdoo, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. 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 McAdoo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in McAdoo 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
04/30 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 McAdoo compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, McAdoo places 26,959 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,170 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in McAdoo can differ from the 18254 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and McAdoo's frost date answer different questions.