Ebensburg, PA 15948 Frost Dates
Ebensburg, PA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 176 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ebensburg 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 8 weeks until Ebensburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ebensburg against the rest of the dataset
About 176 days separate Ebensburg's last and first frost, putting it 26,462 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,040 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 15948's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Ebensburg's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Ebensburg's dates instead of trusting one.