Rockledge, PA 19152 Frost Dates
19152, near Rockledge, PA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rockledge in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Rockledge's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rockledge against the rest of the dataset
Rockledge's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,800 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 69 of 2,088.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 19152: local microclimates, on what one yard in Rockledge can differ from the 19152 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Rockledge's frost date answer different questions.