Juniata Terrace, PA 17029 Frost Dates
Juniata Terrace, PA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 185 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Juniata Terrace in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Juniata Terrace's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Juniata Terrace's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Juniata Terrace against the rest of the dataset
About 185 days separate Juniata Terrace's last and first frost, putting it 23,281 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 727 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 17029's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Juniata Terrace can differ from the 17029 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Juniata Terrace's frost date answer different questions.