Mount Pocono, PA 18330 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Pocono, PA?
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 154 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 Mount Pocono, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Mount Pocono before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mount Pocono's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mount Pocono compares
About 154 days separate Mount Pocono's last and first frost, putting it 34,304 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,873 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Mount Pocono's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Mount Pocono's dates instead of trusting one.