LaGrange, OH 44050 Frost Dates
LaGrange, OH: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts LaGrange in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until LaGrange's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
LaGrange against the rest of the dataset
LaGrange's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,169 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 731 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44050's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in LaGrange can differ from the 44050 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and LaGrange's frost date answer different questions.