Homer City, PA 15752 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Homer City, PA, ZIP 15752
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 171 frost-free days later.
Homer City 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
Zone 6b around Homer City has about 8 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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Homer City compares
Homer City's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,692 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,432 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Homer City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Homer City can differ from the 15752 normal.