Ravenna, OH 44242 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ravenna, OH?
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ravenna in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Ravenna before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ravenna'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 Ravenna compares
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Ravenna places 28,941 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,152 of 1,383.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Ravenna can differ from the 44242 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Ravenna's frost date answer different questions.