Media, PA 19016 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Media, PA, ZIP 19016
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 224 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Media in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Media has about 11 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Media compares
Media's growing season runs about 224 days, ranking 11,840 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 24 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Media's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Media's dates instead of trusting one.