Mount Pocono, PA 18334 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Pocono, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 154 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mount Pocono in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
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
At roughly 154 frost-free days, Mount Pocono places 34,306 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,875 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a 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.