Ford Cliff, PA 16212 Frost Dates
Ford Cliff, 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 Ford Cliff 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 Ford Cliff'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.
Ford Cliff against the rest of the dataset
About 199 days separate Ford Cliff's last and first frost, putting it 18,204 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 323 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 16212's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Ford Cliff's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Ford Cliff's dates instead of trusting one.