Hawley, PA 18464 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hawley, PA, ZIP 18464
Around 05/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 251 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 154 frost-free days later.
Hawley sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Hawley 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.
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 Hawley compares
About 154 days separate Hawley's last and first frost, putting it 34,373 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,897 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hawley can differ from the 18464 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Hawley's frost date answer different questions.