La Rue, OH 43332 Frost Dates
When can you plant in La Rue, OH?
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.
La Rue 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 La Rue before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around La Rue's last frost
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 La Rue compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, La Rue places 24,259 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 740 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and La Rue's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around La Rue's dates instead of trusting one.