Burton, OH 44021 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Burton, OH, ZIP 44021
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burton in Zone 6a (-10 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 6a around Burton 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Burton compares
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Burton places 29,086 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,172 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Burton can differ from the 44021 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Burton's frost date answer different questions.