Driftwood, PA 15861 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Driftwood, PA, ZIP 15861
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.
Driftwood 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 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
About 177 days separate Driftwood's last and first frost, putting it 26,314 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,017 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 15861 normal.