Cortland, OH 44486 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cortland, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 167 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 Cortland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Cortland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cortland's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cortland compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Cortland places 29,941 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,255 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cortland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cortland can differ from the 44486 normal.