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West Grove, PA 19390 Frost Dates

When can you plant in West Grove, PA?

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. 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

At roughly 189 frost-free days, West Grove places 21,586 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 568 of 2,088.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and West Grove's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around West Grove's dates instead of trusting one.