Glenolden, PA 19036 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Glenolden, PA, ZIP 19036
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 Glenolden in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Glenolden 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 Glenolden compares
About 224 days separate Glenolden's last and first frost, putting it 11,821 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 13 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Glenolden's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Glenolden's dates instead of trusting one.