Akron, OH 44317 Frost Dates
Akron, OH: when does the frost end?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 186 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Akron, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Akron's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Akron against the rest of the dataset
Akron's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,666 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 445 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44317's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Akron's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Akron's dates instead of trusting one.