Ashland, PA 17945 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ashland, PA, ZIP 17945
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ashland 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 Ashland has about 8 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 Ashland's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ashland compares
About 172 days separate Ashland's last and first frost, putting it 28,328 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,365 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Ashland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Ashland's dates instead of trusting one.