Powhatan Point, OH 43933 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Powhatan Point, OH, ZIP 43933
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 192 frost-free days later.
Powhatan Point 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
Zone 6b around Powhatan Point 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
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 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 Powhatan Point compares
About 192 days separate Powhatan Point's last and first frost, putting it 20,444 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 255 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Powhatan Point's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Powhatan Point's dates instead of trusting one.