Hawley, PA 18463 Frost Dates
Hawley, PA: when does the frost end?
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. 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.
The actual range around Hawley's last frost
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
Hawley's growing season runs about 154 days, ranking 34,372 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,896 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 18463's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Hawley's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hawley's dates instead of trusting one.