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Tallmadge, OH 44305 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Tallmadge, OH, ZIP 44305

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 186 frost-free days later.

Tallmadge sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 6b around Tallmadge has about 9 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.

Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee

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 Tallmadge compares

Tallmadge's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,740 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 470 of 1,383.

Learn more

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