Valencia, PA 15044 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Valencia, PA, ZIP 15044
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 199 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Valencia has about 9 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
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Valencia compares
About 199 days separate Valencia's last and first frost, putting it 18,177 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 317 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Valencia's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Valencia's dates instead of trusting one.