Quaker City, OH 43773 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Quaker City, OH?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 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 Quaker City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Quaker City 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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Quaker City compares
About 167 days separate Quaker City's last and first frost, putting it 30,162 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,335 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Quaker City's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Quaker City can differ from the 43773 normal.