Modena, PA 19358 Frost Dates
19358, near Modena, PA: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 189 days after the last spring frost.
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 Modena, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Modena's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Modena against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 189 frost-free days, Modena places 21,702 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 574 of 2,088.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 19358: local microclimates, on what one yard in Modena can differ from the 19358 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Modena's frost date answer different questions.