Russells Point, OH 43348 Frost Dates
Russells Point, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Russells Point in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Russells Point's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Russells Point against the rest of the dataset
About 175 days separate Russells Point's last and first frost, putting it 27,054 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,043 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 43348's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Russells Point's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Russells Point's dates instead of trusting one.