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Whitehouse, OH 43571 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Whitehouse, OH?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 188 frost-free days later.

Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Whitehouse, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Whitehouse before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

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 Whitehouse compares

About 188 days separate Whitehouse's last and first frost, putting it 21,992 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 381 of 1,383.

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local microclimates covers what one yard in Whitehouse can differ from the 43571 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Whitehouse's frost date answer different questions.