Ivyland, PA 18976 Frost Dates
Ivyland, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 205 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ivyland in Zone 7a (0 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 9 weeks until Ivyland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Ivyland's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ivyland against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Ivyland places 16,368 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 179 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 18976's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ivyland can differ from the 18976 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Ivyland's frost date answer different questions.