Cardington, OH 43315 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cardington, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 178 frost-free days later.
Cardington sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Cardington before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cardington's last frost
04/24 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. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cardington compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Cardington places 25,755 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 862 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Cardington's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Cardington's dates instead of trusting one.