Valleyview, OH 43228 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Valleyview, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 185 frost-free days later.
Valleyview sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Valleyview before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Valleyview's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Valleyview compares
Valleyview's growing season runs about 185 days, ranking 23,265 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 575 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Valleyview's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Valleyview's dates instead of trusting one.