West Farmington, OH 44491 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West Farmington, OH, ZIP 44491
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.
West Farmington sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around West Farmington 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.
The actual range around West Farmington's last frost
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 West Farmington compares
About 170 days separate West Farmington's last and first frost, putting it 29,182 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,192 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around West Farmington's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in West Farmington can differ from the 44491 normal.