Hopedale, OH 43976 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hopedale, OH, ZIP 43976
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 175 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Hopedale, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Hopedale has about 8 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.
The actual range around Hopedale's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 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 Hopedale compares
Hopedale's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,101 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,052 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hopedale can differ from the 43976 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Hopedale's frost date answer different questions.