Rushville, OH 43150 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Rushville, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 183 frost-free days later.
Rushville sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Rushville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Rushville's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rushville compares
About 183 days separate Rushville's last and first frost, putting it 24,015 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 713 of 1,383.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Rushville can differ from the 43150 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Rushville's frost date answer different questions.