Swanton, OH 43558 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Swanton, OH?
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 188 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 Swanton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Swanton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Swanton's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 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 Swanton compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Swanton places 22,037 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 386 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Swanton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Swanton can differ from the 43558 normal.