Freeland, PA 18224 Frost Dates
Freeland, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 184 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 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 Freeland, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Freeland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Freeland against the rest of the dataset
About 184 days separate Freeland's last and first frost, putting it 23,527 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 784 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 18224's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Freeland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Freeland can differ from the 18224 normal.