Fleetwood, PA 19510 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fleetwood, PA, ZIP 19510
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 202 frost-free days later.
Fleetwood 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
Zone 7a around Fleetwood has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fleetwood compares
At roughly 202 frost-free days, Fleetwood places 17,235 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within PA, it ranks 217 of 2,088.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fleetwood can differ from the 19510 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Fleetwood's frost date answer different questions.