Driftwood, PA 15832 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Driftwood, PA, ZIP 15832
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Driftwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Driftwood 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 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Driftwood compares
Driftwood's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,313 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,016 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Driftwood's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Driftwood can differ from the 15832 normal.