Mill Village, PA 16427 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mill Village, PA, ZIP 16427
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Mill Village, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Mill Village has about 10 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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mill Village compares
Mill Village's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,542 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 553 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mill Village's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mill Village can differ from the 16427 normal.