South Solon, OH 43153 Frost Dates
When can you plant in South Solon, OH?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 175 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for South Solon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in South Solon before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around South Solon's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How South Solon compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, South Solon places 27,217 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,073 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around South Solon's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in South Solon can differ from the 43153 normal.