Clarington, OH 43914 Frost Dates
Clarington, OH: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
Clarington 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Clarington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clarington against the rest of the dataset
Clarington's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,313 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 748 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 43914's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Clarington can differ from the 43914 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Clarington's frost date answer different questions.