Orwell, OH 44099 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Orwell, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Orwell, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Orwell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Orwell's last frost
05/01 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. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Orwell compares
About 170 days separate Orwell's last and first frost, putting it 29,075 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,170 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Orwell's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Orwell's dates instead of trusting one.