Chesterhill, OH 43728 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Chesterhill, OH, ZIP 43728
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 178 frost-free days later.
Chesterhill 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 Chesterhill 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
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 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 Chesterhill compares
About 178 days separate Chesterhill's last and first frost, putting it 25,913 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 895 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Chesterhill's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Chesterhill's dates instead of trusting one.