Ostrander, OH 43061 Frost Dates
43061, near Ostrander, OH: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ostrander in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Ostrander's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ostrander against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Ostrander places 23,908 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 704 of 1,383.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 43061: local microclimates, on what one yard in Ostrander can differ from the 43061 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6b and Ostrander's frost date answer different questions.