Mount Pleasant, OH 43916 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mount Pleasant, OH, ZIP 43916
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 196 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mount Pleasant in Zone 7a (0 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 7a around Mount Pleasant has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mount Pleasant compares
Mount Pleasant's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 19,079 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 125 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Mount Pleasant's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Mount Pleasant can differ from the 43916 normal.