FrostDateCheck

Reynoldsburg, OH 43004 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Reynoldsburg, OH?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 191 frost-free days later.

Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Reynoldsburg, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Reynoldsburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Reynoldsburg's last frost

04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Reynoldsburg compares

Reynoldsburg's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,696 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 277 of 1,383.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Reynoldsburg can differ from the 43004 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Reynoldsburg's frost date answer different questions.