Scottdale, PA 15683 Frost Dates
Scottdale, PA: when does the frost end?
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 164 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Scottdale in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Scottdale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/01 isn't a guarantee
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Scottdale against the rest of the dataset
About 164 days separate Scottdale's last and first frost, putting it 30,923 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,567 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 15683's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Scottdale can differ from the 15683 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Scottdale's frost date answer different questions.