Milford, PA 12719 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Milford, PA, ZIP 12719
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/05, roughly 250 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Milford in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Milford 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
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Milford compares
Milford's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,057 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,745 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Milford's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Milford's dates instead of trusting one.