Bradford Woods, PA 15086 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bradford Woods, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 172 frost-free days later.
Bradford Woods sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Bradford Woods before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bradford Woods'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 Bradford Woods compares
Bradford Woods's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,393 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,387 of 2,088.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Bradford Woods can differ from the 15086 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Bradford Woods's frost date answer different questions.