Stafford, OH 43786 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stafford, OH, ZIP 43786
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stafford in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Stafford 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.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
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 Stafford compares
About 167 days separate Stafford's last and first frost, putting it 30,252 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,376 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Stafford's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Stafford's dates instead of trusting one.