Media, PA 19008 Frost Dates
Media, PA: when does the frost end?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
Media sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Media'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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Media against the rest of the dataset
Media's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,888 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 195 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 19008's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Media's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Media can differ from the 19008 normal.