West Homestead, PA 15207 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Homestead, PA?
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 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 West Homestead, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in West Homestead before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Homestead compares
West Homestead's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 19,961 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 487 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and West Homestead's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around West Homestead's dates instead of trusting one.