Parryville, PA 18244 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Parryville, PA, ZIP 18244
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 184 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Parryville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Parryville 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Parryville compares
About 184 days separate Parryville's last and first frost, putting it 23,631 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 814 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Parryville can differ from the 18244 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Parryville's frost date answer different questions.