Factoryville, PA 18625 Frost Dates
Factoryville, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 178 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Factoryville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Factoryville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Factoryville against the rest of the dataset
Factoryville's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,811 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 932 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 18625's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Factoryville can differ from the 18625 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Factoryville's frost date answer different questions.