Milford Center, OH 43029 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Milford Center, OH, ZIP 43029
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 175 frost-free days later.
Milford Center sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 6a around Milford Center 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Milford Center compares
Milford Center's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,094 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,049 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Milford Center's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Milford Center's dates instead of trusting one.