Dalton, OH 44618 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dalton, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.
Dalton 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Dalton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dalton's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dalton compares
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Dalton places 26,143 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 930 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Dalton can differ from the 44618 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Dalton's frost date answer different questions.