Midland, PA 15059 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Midland, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 186 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Midland 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 Midland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Midland's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Midland compares
About 186 days separate Midland's last and first frost, putting it 22,849 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 678 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Midland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Midland can differ from the 15059 normal.