Geneva, OH 44041 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Geneva, OH, ZIP 44041
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 171 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 Geneva, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Geneva 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 Geneva's last frost
05/02 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. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Geneva compares
Geneva's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,629 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,128 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Geneva's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Geneva can differ from the 44041 normal.