Kenton, OH 43326 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kenton, OH, ZIP 43326
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 182 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kenton in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Kenton 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 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 Kenton compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Kenton places 24,113 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 728 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Kenton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Kenton can differ from the 43326 normal.