Felton, PA 17322 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Felton, PA?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 177 frost-free days later.
Felton sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Felton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Felton compares
About 177 days separate Felton's last and first frost, putting it 26,226 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 980 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Felton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Felton can differ from the 17322 normal.