Ashville, OH 43103 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ashville, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/17, about 232 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Ashville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Ashville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ashville compares
About 192 days separate Ashville's last and first frost, putting it 20,292 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 247 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Ashville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ashville's dates instead of trusting one.