FrostDateCheck

East Palestine, OH 44413 Frost Dates

When can you plant in East Palestine, OH?

Zone 6a

Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 186 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts East Palestine in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in East Palestine before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around East Palestine's last frost

04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How East Palestine compares

At roughly 186 frost-free days, East Palestine places 22,784 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 484 of 1,383.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around East Palestine's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in East Palestine can differ from the 44413 normal.