Newark, OH 43055 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Newark, OH, ZIP 43055
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 178 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newark in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Newark 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 Newark's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 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 Newark compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Newark places 25,572 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 829 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Newark's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Newark can differ from the 43055 normal.