Fredericktown, OH 43019 Frost Dates
Fredericktown, OH: when does the frost end?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Fredericktown, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Fredericktown's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fredericktown against the rest of the dataset
About 172 days separate Fredericktown's last and first frost, putting it 28,311 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,112 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 43019's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fredericktown can differ from the 43019 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Fredericktown's frost date answer different questions.