Mahaffey, PA 15757 Frost Dates
Mahaffey, PA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 161 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mahaffey in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6 weeks until Mahaffey's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mahaffey against the rest of the dataset
Mahaffey's growing season runs about 161 days, ranking 32,161 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,683 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 15757's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Mahaffey's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Mahaffey's dates instead of trusting one.