Taylor, PA 18517 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Taylor, PA?
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 178 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Taylor 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Taylor before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taylor compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Taylor places 25,681 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 900 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Taylor can differ from the 18517 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Taylor's frost date answer different questions.