Fairlawn, OH 44333 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fairlawn, OH, ZIP 44333
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 186 frost-free days later.
Fairlawn 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 Fairlawn 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.
The actual range around Fairlawn'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 Fairlawn compares
Fairlawn's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,763 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 478 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fairlawn can differ from the 44333 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Fairlawn's frost date answer different questions.