Mount Pocono, PA 18372 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mount Pocono, PA, ZIP 18372
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 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b around Mount Pocono has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
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
Mount Pocono's growing season runs about 154 days, ranking 34,317 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,886 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Mount Pocono's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Mount Pocono's dates instead of trusting one.