Wind Gap, PA 18331 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wind Gap, PA, ZIP 18331
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 184 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 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 Wind Gap compares
About 184 days separate Wind Gap's last and first frost, putting it 23,530 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 785 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wind Gap can differ from the 18331 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Wind Gap's frost date answer different questions.