Cheswick, PA 15075 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cheswick, PA?
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.
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 Cheswick, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Cheswick before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cheswick'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 Cheswick compares
Cheswick's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,147 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 307 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Cheswick can differ from the 15075 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Cheswick's frost date answer different questions.