Mount Pocono, PA 18349 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Pocono, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 154 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 34,312 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,881 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Mount Pocono can differ from the 18349 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Mount Pocono's frost date answer different questions.