Olmsted Falls, OH 44028 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Olmsted Falls, OH, ZIP 44028
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 198 frost-free days later.
Olmsted Falls 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 Olmsted Falls has about 10 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 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Olmsted Falls compares
About 198 days separate Olmsted Falls's last and first frost, putting it 18,395 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 99 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Olmsted Falls can differ from the 44028 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Olmsted Falls's frost date answer different questions.