Goldsboro, PA 17370 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Goldsboro, PA, ZIP 17370
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 206 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goldsboro in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Goldsboro has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Goldsboro's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Goldsboro compares
About 206 days separate Goldsboro's last and first frost, putting it 16,068 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 110 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Goldsboro can differ from the 17370 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Goldsboro's frost date answer different questions.