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Lisbon, OH 44432 Frost Dates

44432, near Lisbon, OH: the frost window

Zone 6a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 186 days after the last spring frost.

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

Stretching the season past the first frost

Lisbon's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.

Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee

04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Lisbon against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 186 frost-free days, Lisbon places 22,842 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 496 of 1,383.

Learn more

Two guides worth reading on 44432: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Lisbon's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Lisbon's dates instead of trusting one.