New Galilee, PA 16141 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Galilee, PA, ZIP 16141
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 172 frost-free days later.
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 New Galilee, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around New Galilee has about 7 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
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Galilee compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, New Galilee places 28,477 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,410 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around New Galilee's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in New Galilee can differ from the 16141 normal.