Rittman, OH 44276 Frost Dates
44276, near Rittman, 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 Rittman 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
Rittman'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.
The actual range around Rittman's last frost
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.
Rittman against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Rittman places 29,946 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,258 of 1,383.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 44276: local microclimates, on what one yard in Rittman can differ from the 44276 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Rittman's frost date answer different questions.