West Elizabeth, PA 15038 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Elizabeth, PA, ZIP 15038
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/02, about 247 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for West Elizabeth, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around West Elizabeth has about 8 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
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Elizabeth compares
At roughly 170 frost-free days, West Elizabeth places 29,205 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,505 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in West Elizabeth can differ from the 15038 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and West Elizabeth's frost date answer different questions.