Dresden, OH 43821 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dresden, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 177 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Dresden, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Dresden before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dresden's last frost
04/26 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. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dresden compares
Dresden's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,159 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 932 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Dresden's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Dresden's dates instead of trusting one.