Telford, PA 18969 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Telford, PA, ZIP 18969
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 175 frost-free days later.
Telford 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
Zone 7a around Telford has about 7 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.
The actual range around Telford'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 Telford compares
Telford's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 26,885 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 1,135 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Telford can differ from the 18969 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Telford's frost date answer different questions.