Hawley, PA 18438 Frost Dates
Hawley, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/08, roughly 154 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hawley in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Hawley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hawley against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 154 frost-free days, Hawley places 34,370 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,894 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 18438's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hawley's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hawley can differ from the 18438 normal.