Obetz, OH 43207 Frost Dates
Obetz, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Obetz in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Obetz's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Obetz's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Obetz against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Obetz places 26,095 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 920 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 43207's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Obetz's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Obetz's dates instead of trusting one.