Groveport, OH 43125 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Groveport, OH, ZIP 43125
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 177 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Groveport in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Groveport has about 7 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.
The actual range around Groveport's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Groveport compares
About 177 days separate Groveport's last and first frost, putting it 26,101 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 923 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Groveport can differ from the 43125 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Groveport's frost date answer different questions.