Freeburg, PA 17827 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Freeburg, PA, ZIP 17827
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Freeburg 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
Zone 6b around Freeburg has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Freeburg compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Freeburg places 28,435 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,400 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Freeburg's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Freeburg can differ from the 17827 normal.