Dale, PA 15902 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dale, PA, ZIP 15902
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 frost-free days later.
Dale 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 Dale 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.
The actual range around Dale's last frost
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 Dale compares
About 176 days separate Dale's last and first frost, putting it 26,546 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,068 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dale can differ from the 15902 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Dale's frost date answer different questions.