Youngstown, OH 44510 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Youngstown, OH?
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 167 frost-free days later.
Youngstown 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Youngstown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 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 Youngstown compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Youngstown places 29,852 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,219 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Youngstown's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Youngstown can differ from the 44510 normal.