FrostDateCheck

Blakeslee, OH 43505 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Blakeslee, OH?

Zone 6a

Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 170 frost-free days later.

Blakeslee 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Blakeslee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Blakeslee's last frost

04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Blakeslee compares

At roughly 170 frost-free days, Blakeslee places 29,267 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,201 of 1,383.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Blakeslee's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Blakeslee can differ from the 43505 normal.