Newburg, PA 17210 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Newburg, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 194 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newburg 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Newburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Newburg's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Newburg compares
Newburg's growing season runs about 194 days, ranking 19,599 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 398 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Newburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Newburg can differ from the 17210 normal.