Urbancrest, OH 43119 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Urbancrest, OH, ZIP 43119
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 185 frost-free days later.
Urbancrest 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 Urbancrest 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.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Urbancrest compares
At roughly 185 frost-free days, Urbancrest places 23,239 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 571 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Urbancrest can differ from the 43119 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Urbancrest's frost date answer different questions.