Conyngham, PA 18251 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Conyngham, PA, ZIP 18251
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 175 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 Conyngham, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Conyngham 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.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Conyngham compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Conyngham places 26,998 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 1,186 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Conyngham can differ from the 18251 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Conyngham's frost date answer different questions.