Braddock, PA 15104 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Braddock, PA, ZIP 15104
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.
Braddock 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
Zone 6b around Braddock has about 8 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.
Why 05/02 isn't a guarantee
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Braddock compares
About 170 days separate Braddock's last and first frost, putting it 29,074 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,489 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Braddock's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Braddock can differ from the 15104 normal.