Bradford Woods, PA 15015 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bradford Woods, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bradford Woods in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Bradford Woods before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bradford Woods's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bradford Woods compares
Bradford Woods's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,392 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,386 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bradford Woods's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bradford Woods can differ from the 15015 normal.