Media, PA 19063 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Media, PA, ZIP 19063
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. 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 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 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.
The actual range around Media's last frost
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
At roughly 224 frost-free days, Media places 11,843 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 27 of 2,088.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Media's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Media can differ from the 19063 normal.