Lindsey, OH 43442 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lindsey, OH, ZIP 43442
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 183 frost-free days later.
Lindsey sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Lindsey 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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lindsey compares
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Lindsey places 23,995 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 711 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lindsey's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lindsey can differ from the 43442 normal.