Laurelville, OH 43135 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Laurelville, OH?
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 192 frost-free days later.
Laurelville 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Laurelville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/17 isn't a guarantee
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 Laurelville compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Laurelville places 20,522 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 265 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Laurelville can differ from the 43135 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Laurelville's frost date answer different questions.