Bridgeport, PA 19406 Frost Dates
Bridgeport, PA: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bridgeport in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Bridgeport's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bridgeport against the rest of the dataset
Bridgeport's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,899 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 199 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 19406's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bridgeport's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Bridgeport's dates instead of trusting one.