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Factoryville, PA 18419 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Factoryville, PA, ZIP 18419

Zone 6a

Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 178 frost-free days later.

Factoryville sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 6a around Factoryville 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 04/23 isn't a guarantee

04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Factoryville compares

About 178 days separate Factoryville's last and first frost, putting it 25,809 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 930 of 2,088.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Factoryville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Factoryville's dates instead of trusting one.