Rices Landing, PA 15447 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Rices Landing, PA?
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 175 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 Rices Landing, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Rices Landing 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
04/28 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. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rices Landing compares
About 175 days separate Rices Landing's last and first frost, putting it 27,200 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,253 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Rices Landing's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Rices Landing's dates instead of trusting one.