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Lakemore, OH 44250 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Lakemore, OH?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 186 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lakemore 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Lakemore before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Lakemore's last frost

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. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Lakemore compares

At roughly 186 frost-free days, Lakemore places 22,823 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 491 of 1,383.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Lakemore's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lakemore's dates instead of trusting one.