Jerusalem, OH 43747 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jerusalem, OH, ZIP 43747
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 182 frost-free days later.
Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem 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.
The actual range around Jerusalem's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jerusalem compares
About 182 days separate Jerusalem's last and first frost, putting it 24,360 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 752 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Jerusalem's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Jerusalem can differ from the 43747 normal.