Valencia, PA 16059 Frost Dates
Valencia, PA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Valencia in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 9 weeks until Valencia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Valencia against the rest of the dataset
Valencia's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,178 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 318 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 16059's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Valencia's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Valencia can differ from the 16059 normal.