Industry, PA 15052 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Industry, PA, ZIP 15052
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Industry 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 Industry has about 7 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.
The actual range around Industry'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 Industry compares
About 172 days separate Industry's last and first frost, putting it 28,350 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,368 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Industry's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Industry's dates instead of trusting one.