Sugar Grove, OH 43149 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sugar Grove, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sugar Grove 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Sugar Grove 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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sugar Grove compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Sugar Grove places 30,152 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,330 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Sugar Grove's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sugar Grove can differ from the 43149 normal.