West Grove, PA 19318 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Grove, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.
West Grove sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in West Grove before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around West Grove's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Grove compares
About 189 days separate West Grove's last and first frost, putting it 21,583 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 565 of 2,088.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in West Grove can differ from the 19318 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and West Grove's frost date answer different questions.