Seven Springs, PA 15469 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Seven Springs, PA, ZIP 15469
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 164 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Seven Springs, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Seven Springs has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 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. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Seven Springs compares
About 164 days separate Seven Springs's last and first frost, putting it 31,271 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,644 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Seven Springs can differ from the 15469 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Seven Springs's frost date answer different questions.