Worthington, OH 43085 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Worthington, OH, ZIP 43085
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 183 frost-free days later.
Worthington sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Worthington has about 8 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
04/22 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. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Worthington compares
Worthington's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,793 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 692 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Worthington can differ from the 43085 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Worthington's frost date answer different questions.