McVeytown, PA 17051 Frost Dates
McVeytown, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. 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 McVeytown 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 McVeytown's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
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.
McVeytown against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 185 frost-free days, McVeytown places 23,311 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 732 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 17051's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around McVeytown's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in McVeytown can differ from the 17051 normal.