New Freedom, PA 21053 Frost Dates
New Freedom, PA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
New Freedom 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until New Freedom's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around New Freedom's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Freedom against the rest of the dataset
New Freedom's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 21,988 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within PA, it ranks 579 of 2,088.
Learn more
Before leaning on 21053's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in New Freedom can differ from the 21053 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and New Freedom's frost date answer different questions.