Valencia, PA 15007 Frost Dates
Valencia, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Valencia in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 9 weeks until Valencia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Valencia against the rest of the dataset
About 199 days separate Valencia's last and first frost, putting it 18,176 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 316 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 15007's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Valencia can differ from the 15007 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Valencia's frost date answer different questions.