Orwell, OH 44076 Frost Dates
Orwell, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/02, roughly 247 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 171 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orwell in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Orwell'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
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Orwell against the rest of the dataset
Orwell's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,707 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,138 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44076's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Orwell's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Orwell's dates instead of trusting one.