Stone Creek, OH 43840 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stone Creek, OH?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 frost-free days later.
Stone Creek 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Stone Creek before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stone Creek compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Stone Creek places 26,664 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,002 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Stone Creek can differ from the 43840 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Stone Creek's frost date answer different questions.