Applewold, PA 16201 Frost Dates
Applewold, PA: when does the frost end?
Around 05/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 255 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 155 days after the last spring frost.
Applewold sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Applewold'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
05/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Applewold against the rest of the dataset
About 155 days separate Applewold's last and first frost, putting it 34,120 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,832 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 16201's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Applewold can differ from the 16201 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Applewold's frost date answer different questions.