FrostDateCheck

Souderton, PA 18964 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Souderton, PA?

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 175 frost-free days later.

Souderton sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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

About 7 weeks of growing season left in Souderton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Souderton's last frost

04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Souderton compares

About 175 days separate Souderton's last and first frost, putting it 26,852 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 1,129 of 2,088.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Souderton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Souderton can differ from the 18964 normal.