Bedford, OH 44146 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bedford, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 217 frost-free days later.
Bedford sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Bedford before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bedford compares
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Bedford places 13,434 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 20 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bedford's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bedford can differ from the 44146 normal.