Youngwood, PA 15697 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Youngwood, PA, ZIP 15697
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 164 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Youngwood in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Youngwood 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 Youngwood compares
At roughly 164 frost-free days, Youngwood places 30,958 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,579 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Youngwood can differ from the 15697 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Youngwood's frost date answer different questions.