Frackville, PA 17931 Frost Dates
Frackville, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
Frackville sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Frackville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Frackville against the rest of the dataset
Frackville's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 26,901 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,142 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 17931's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Frackville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Frackville's dates instead of trusting one.