Factoryville, PA 18440 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Factoryville, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 178 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Factoryville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Factoryville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Factoryville places 25,810 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 931 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Factoryville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Factoryville's dates instead of trusting one.