Bellwood, PA 16619 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bellwood, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 142 frost-free days later.
Bellwood 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
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Bellwood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 36,754 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,945 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Bellwood can differ from the 16619 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Bellwood's frost date answer different questions.