Blooming Valley, PA 16328 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blooming Valley, PA, ZIP 16328
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 175 frost-free days later.
Blooming Valley sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Blooming Valley has about 8 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.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blooming Valley compares
Blooming Valley's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,210 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,259 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Blooming Valley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Blooming Valley can differ from the 16328 normal.