Cheshire, OH 25287 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cheshire, OH, ZIP 25287
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 173 frost-free days later.
Cheshire sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Cheshire has about 7 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.
The actual range around Cheshire's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cheshire compares
About 173 days separate Cheshire's last and first frost, putting it 28,111 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,105 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Cheshire can differ from the 25287 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cheshire's frost date answer different questions.