Evans City, PA 16033 Frost Dates
Evans City, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/28, about 243 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Evans City, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Evans City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/28 isn't a guarantee
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Evans City against the rest of the dataset
Evans City's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,365 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,371 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 16033's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Evans City can differ from the 16033 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Evans City's frost date answer different questions.