New Franklin, OH 44216 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Franklin, OH, ZIP 44216
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 184 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 New Franklin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around New Franklin has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Franklin compares
At roughly 184 frost-free days, New Franklin places 23,460 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 621 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around New Franklin's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in New Franklin can differ from the 44216 normal.