Creston, OH 44217 Frost Dates
44217, near Creston, OH: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 167 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Creston 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
Creston's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Creston against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Creston places 30,020 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,281 of 1,383.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 44217: the frost range, on how to read the range around Creston's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Creston can differ from the 44217 normal.