Wind Gap, PA 18322 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wind Gap, PA, ZIP 18322
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/06, roughly 251 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 154 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wind Gap 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 Wind Gap has about 6 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 Wind Gap's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wind Gap compares
Wind Gap's growing season runs about 154 days, ranking 34,282 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,867 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Wind Gap's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wind Gap's dates instead of trusting one.