Waymart, PA 18459 Frost Dates
Waymart, PA: when does the frost end?
Around 05/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 259 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/01, roughly 140 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waymart 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 5 weeks until Waymart's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/14 isn't a guarantee
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waymart against the rest of the dataset
Waymart's growing season runs about 140 days, ranking 37,067 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,989 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 18459's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Waymart's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Waymart's dates instead of trusting one.