West Liberty, OH 43357 Frost Dates
When can you plant in West Liberty, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 175 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for West Liberty, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in West Liberty before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around West Liberty's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West Liberty compares
West Liberty's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,009 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,034 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and West Liberty's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around West Liberty's dates instead of trusting one.