Jenkintown, PA 19095 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jenkintown, PA, ZIP 19095
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 216 frost-free days later.
Jenkintown 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Jenkintown has about 10 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.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jenkintown compares
About 216 days separate Jenkintown's last and first frost, putting it 13,774 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 62 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Jenkintown's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Jenkintown's dates instead of trusting one.