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Brockway, PA 15823 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Brockway, PA, ZIP 15823

Zone 6a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 160 frost-free days later.

Brockway sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Brockway 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.

The actual range around Brockway's last frost

05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Brockway compares

Brockway's growing season runs about 160 days, ranking 32,381 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,704 of 2,088.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Brockway's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Brockway can differ from the 15823 normal.