Millvale, PA 15214 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Millvale, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 frost-free days later.
Millvale 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Millvale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Millvale's last frost
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 Millvale compares
About 193 days separate Millvale's last and first frost, putting it 19,928 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 474 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Millvale can differ from the 15214 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Millvale's frost date answer different questions.