Fox Chapel, PA 15051 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fox Chapel, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 199 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fox Chapel 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Fox Chapel before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fox Chapel's last frost
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 Fox Chapel compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Fox Chapel places 18,093 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 293 of 2,088.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Fox Chapel can differ from the 15051 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Fox Chapel's frost date answer different questions.