Minerva Park, OH 43229 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Minerva Park, OH, ZIP 43229
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 185 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Minerva Park 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 Minerva Park has about 8 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.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
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 Minerva Park compares
About 185 days separate Minerva Park's last and first frost, putting it 23,198 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 564 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Minerva Park's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Minerva Park can differ from the 43229 normal.