Shawnee, OH 43782 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Shawnee, OH, ZIP 43782
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shawnee in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Shawnee has about 7 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 Shawnee's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shawnee compares
About 167 days separate Shawnee's last and first frost, putting it 30,144 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,325 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Shawnee can differ from the 43782 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Shawnee's frost date answer different questions.