Wyalusing, PA 18846 Frost Dates
Wyalusing, PA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wyalusing 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 7 weeks until Wyalusing's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wyalusing against the rest of the dataset
About 165 days separate Wyalusing's last and first frost, putting it 30,686 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,544 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 18846's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Wyalusing's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Wyalusing's dates instead of trusting one.