Sharon, PA 44438 Frost Dates
44438, near Sharon, PA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 167 days after the last spring frost.
Sharon 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Sharon's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 05/01 isn't a guarantee
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sharon against the rest of the dataset
Sharon's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 29,905 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,512 of 2,088.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 44438: local microclimates, on what one yard in Sharon can differ from the 44438 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Sharon's frost date answer different questions.