Media, PA 19339 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Media, PA?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 224 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Media, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Media before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
About 224 days separate Media's last and first frost, putting it 11,846 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within PA, it ranks 30 of 2,088.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Media's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Media's dates instead of trusting one.