Vintondale, PA 15957 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vintondale, PA, ZIP 15957
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vintondale in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Vintondale 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 04/14 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 Vintondale compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Vintondale places 26,614 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,090 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Vintondale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Vintondale can differ from the 15957 normal.