Oberlin, OH 44074 Frost Dates
Oberlin, 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 Oberlin 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 Oberlin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Oberlin against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 182 frost-free days, Oberlin places 24,104 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 727 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44074's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Oberlin can differ from the 44074 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Oberlin's frost date answer different questions.