Bellwood, PA 16617 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bellwood, PA, ZIP 16617
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/13, about 258 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 142 frost-free days later.
Bellwood 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Bellwood has about 5 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 05/13 isn't a guarantee
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bellwood compares
At roughly 142 frost-free days, Bellwood places 36,753 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,944 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Bellwood's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bellwood's dates instead of trusting one.