Craig Beach, OH 44412 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Craig Beach, OH, ZIP 44412
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 170 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Craig Beach, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Craig Beach has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Craig Beach compares
Craig Beach's growing season runs about 170 days, ranking 29,114 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,180 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Craig Beach can differ from the 44412 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Craig Beach's frost date answer different questions.