Bexley, OH 43205 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bexley, OH, ZIP 43205
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 Bexley 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 Bexley 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 Bexley'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 Bexley compares
About 177 days separate Bexley's last and first frost, putting it 26,057 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 915 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bexley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bexley can differ from the 43205 normal.