Wrightsville, PA 17368 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wrightsville, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 162 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Wrightsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Wrightsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wrightsville's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 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 Wrightsville compares
Wrightsville's growing season runs about 162 days, ranking 31,754 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,663 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Wrightsville can differ from the 17368 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Wrightsville's frost date answer different questions.