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Baltimore, OH 43105 Frost Dates

Baltimore, OH: when does the frost end?

Zone 6b

Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Baltimore 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

With roughly 7 weeks until Baltimore's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee

04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Baltimore against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 169 frost-free days, Baltimore places 29,444 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,204 of 1,383.

Learn more

Before leaning on 43105's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Baltimore can differ from the 43105 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Baltimore's frost date answer different questions.