Honey Brook, PA 19316 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Honey Brook, PA, ZIP 19316
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 205 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Honey Brook in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Honey Brook has about 9 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 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Honey Brook compares
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Honey Brook places 16,326 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 167 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Honey Brook can differ from the 19316 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Honey Brook's frost date answer different questions.