Elizabethville, PA 17023 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elizabethville, PA, ZIP 17023
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elizabethville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Elizabethville has about 7 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 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elizabethville compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Elizabethville places 28,380 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,380 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Elizabethville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Elizabethville can differ from the 17023 normal.