Ridgeway, OH 43345 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ridgeway, OH, ZIP 43345
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 182 frost-free days later.
Ridgeway 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
Zone 6a around Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway compares
Ridgeway's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,307 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 746 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Ridgeway's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Ridgeway's dates instead of trusting one.