Friendsville, PA 18812 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Friendsville, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/05, about 250 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 159 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Friendsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Friendsville 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
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Friendsville compares
Friendsville's growing season runs about 159 days, ranking 32,801 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,734 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Friendsville can differ from the 18812 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Friendsville's frost date answer different questions.